13 Mar
2002
13 Mar
'02
6:01 a.m.
Doc,
I'm no authority on the MicroVax II, but don't you have to specify the
file to boot from?
I believe if you specify a boot flag of "1", that you will be prompted for
the file to load.
On my Microvax 3100, and my 4000's - if you specify,
"b/1 esa0" or "b/1 eza0", then I will be prompted to enter the file to
boot
from MOP via ethernet.
I guess you would "b/1 mka500" .
(I think). I hope this at least helps you some - if not, maybe steer you
into another direction that gets you to where you are going.
If you find the answer, please post it. I'd like to know as well.
- Matt
At 10:07 AM 3/13/2002 -0600, you wrote:
Yes, I Read The Freaking Manual. I Googled. I went
so far as to
peruse the ClassicCmp mailing list archives. *Those* people are
*strange*!
I think the DEQNA board is dead, even before I started moving things
around on the QBus. (Yes, there'll be Yet Another "Broke My QBus" Post)
I haven't ever been able to get it even to light up the AUI terminator.
Next choice is to boot NetBSD off the TK50.
I have NetBSD running on the VS4000/60 and a TK50Z-GA that works. I
can tar to /dev/rst0 and then retrieve the archive all day long. When
my boot tape wouldn't boot on the MV, I wondered if its TK50 is toast,
so I've been trying to boot the 4000 to test the tape.
All the sources say to:
# dd if=boot.fs of=/dev/nrst0
# mt -f /dev/nrst0 rewoffl
Then to boot from the tape:
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>> b/3 MKA500 ## on the VS4000
The tape saws around for a minute or so, shows;
MKA500
then rewinds and aborts to console
>>
Trying it on the MVII gets essentially the same results. No
meaningful error message, just the HALT instruction.
A clue would be greatly appreciated.
Doc