30 Sep
2001
30 Sep
'01
11:34 a.m.
hello,
i?ve got a VaxStation M38 with harddisk, but is has no drives. the
NetBSD-Install-HowTo says how to make boot-tapes (TK50). i could make a boot
tape with my (ix86) NetBSD computer, but i have no SCSI-TK50 tapedrive.
could i use an old qic tapedrive (also scsi, up to 150Mb)?
i also have an PDP-11/73, this one has two harddisks (RD54 maybe?), 4 megs
of ram, a TK50 drive (the connector looks like scsi, but in the drive only
few pins are connected, so i suppose this is not scsi) and 2 huge RL02.
there is no system on it. on a wbsite i found BSD 2.11 should run on this
pdp-11, but is it free? where can i get it? and again, how to get the image
on TK50 Tape without any SCSI-TK50 drive?
where could i get a scsi-TK50 drive?
many questions...
maybe someone can help
lothar
30 Sep
30 Sep
2:36 p.m.
You can probably make a boot image on a SCSI hard drive for the Vaxstation
from your intel box. I did this to make a system disk
for a DECstation
for which I had no tape drive. Just disklabel the disk and get the
right
files from the netbsd site and lay them on the drive with dd and you
should be all set. You can install the rest of the distribution using
FTP if you have a network.
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, lothar felten wrote:
hello,
i?ve got a VaxStation M38 with harddisk, but is has no drives. the
NetBSD-Install-HowTo says how to make boot-tapes (TK50). i could make a boot
tape with my (ix86) NetBSD computer, but i have no SCSI-TK50 tapedrive.
--
3:12 p.m.
At 01:34 AM 10/1/01 +0200, you wrote:
hello,
i?ve got a VaxStation M38 with harddisk, but is has no drives. the
NetBSD-Install-HowTo says how to make boot-tapes (TK50).
That HowTo is out of date, there is no way to install the current NetBSD
from Tape. The best method is to netboot the VAX from a
system that can run
a MOP daemon (VMS, another NetBSD system, a Linux system, etc)
many questions...
maybe someone can help
Ask on port-vax(a)netbsd.org and lots of people can/will help.
--Chuck
8:34 p.m.
On 1 Oct, lothar felten wrote:
i?ve got a VaxStation M38 with harddisk, but is has no
drives. the
NetBSD-Install-HowTo says how to make boot-tapes (TK50). i could make a boot
tape with my (ix86) NetBSD computer,
Use your x86 machine for diskless boot
server. A net boot HowTo is at:
http://www.de.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/netboot/
And for any problems regarding NetBSD on VAXen ask at the NetBSD port-vax
mailinglist. There are more experts for this particular hard-/software
combination. (Although many port-vax readers are also on classiccmp.
;-) )
i also have an PDP-11/73,
[...]
on a wbsite i found BSD 2.11 should run on this
pdp-11, but is it free?
2.11BSD will run on a 11/73. You need a free licence from
SCO / Caldera
/ who ever owns the stuf now. Have a look at
http://minnie.tuhs.org/PUPS/index.html
If you got your licence you can request a copy of the PUPS / TUHS
archive. Some PUPS volunteers are also able make TK50 boot tapes. (At
least I will do for requests in Germany.)
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
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