22 Mar
2021
22 Mar
'21
3:17 a.m.
David Brownlee via cctalk wrote:
I had some extra A4 pages with a VAXstation 2000
manual which covered
a preview PK2K kit for VMS, bootloader and ROM to allow use of the
VAXstation 2000 SCSI controller for more than just tapes.
Rough scan at http://sync.absd.org/vax/VAX-PK2K-preview-kit.pdf (the
originals will be sent to someone who can do a better job)
The pages led me to http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/vms/ which includes some goodies:
- http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/vms/pk2k - uVAX-2k SCSI patches with source
for boot roms, VMB & VMS
- http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/vms/ka420 - ROM patches for KA420/KA430 boot
from >1GB disks
- http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/vms/dk-552/ - VMS 5.2 patch to allow to
accept more SCSI disk devices
(Starting a new thread in case there is (slightly) more general
interest for anyone interested in using the onboard uVAX-2K SCSI
controller more more than tapes (OK, OK, for anyone not running NetBSD
on their uVAX-2K interested in etc etc) - have cross posted to cctalk
& port-vax - hopefully not violating any conventions there)
David
Two years before I've tried to boot an VS2000 with those rom patches
into NetBSD..it didn't work, since the VS2000 Boot code does'nt expext to
have a disk connected to this controller and so it can't find a root fs
at all. I did discuss this at port-vax and ragge suggested so set up a
patched machine and connect it to the internet so he could try to fix
this remotely. Sorry, it was my fault that this got never realized,
I could'nt get a telnet port redirect to an VS3100 ony my net trough an
Linksys router to work for some still unknown reason.
I'm still interested to get this to work (for a friend, this isn't my
VS2000), just have to get the machines to where I live now and try to
setup this a 2nd time..
I hav'nt seen your crosspost to port-vax..huh?
Regards,
Holm
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