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From: heinz@focus-systems.on.ca (Heinz Wolter)
Subject: bsd for mv2
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Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 22:22:55 GMT
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The following was posted by neill@macro.demo.co.uk
He got me wondering about mv2's as well...
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Hello all,
I picked up the NetBSD sources from gatekeeper.dec.com with the idea
that I might try to get this working on an old MicroVAX2000 I have. I have zero
unix experience but my knowlege of VMS internals and the VAX architecture is
detailed. The OS does not seem to support the 2000 but it does have support
for the MicroVAX II. I am going to have to try to build stuff under VMS to
create something I can boot. What are the chances of a unix novice being able
to get this going? I am very used to debugging the OS and drivers under VMS
using delta so I recon I must have some chance.
Has anyone got this stuff up on the 2000? Anybody got any pointers for me as
places to start? Things to read?
I guess I am going to have to build a unix file system under VMS then put this
on a TK50 and load it into the 2000. The same sort of thing you can do with
exchange under VMS to produce files that look like RT-11 disks.
Neill.
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Neill Clift neill@macro.demon.co.uk
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Also there was some stuff about vax-bsd possibilities...
snippets follow:
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In article <2qtcs7$2vi@region.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de> arg@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (Armin Gruner) writes:
>work being done on porting NetBSD to the VAX architecture. Also, my vague
>understanding is that both NetBSD and FreeBSD will be switching over
>to a 4.4BSD Lite code base, making it into an unencumbered bootable
>system. (Others out there in net land probably have a much better
Just to confirm this (speaking for the FreeBSD team), it's true. Both
groups are legally compelled to go in this direction (thank god it's a
technically fulfilling direction as well! :-).
There are VAX portions (i.e. drivers) in the networking-II-release
(well, which must be replaced by 4.4lite when it is available), but I
think you can always use it as a reference. Networking Release II is still
available on gatekeeper and uunet.
There's also some VAX support in 4.4 Lite, though it's pretty green as
well. As it says in /sys/vax/README:
The VAX architecture does not compile in 4.4BSD, as it has
not been converted to the new VM. It is here for porting
information purposes only.
The overall structure seems to indicate that it might run on big vaxen
with some work, however. The mba/ and bi/ subdirectories actually
appear to have some code in them.
Jordan
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I hope this helps. try gatekeeper.dec.com for sources. neill was kind enough
to mail me a response to my query re his posting...alas is seems there is no
ready to go bsd for the mv2, vs2000 and related beasts..It's a shame - I have
3 of them and no real OS to run. I refuse VMS and don't want an illegit Ultrix
Cheers - heinz
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From: sk001sp@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (Martin Spott)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: BSD for DEC VAX ?
Date: 25 May 1994 16:07:29 +0200
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I saw someone posting the location of BSD for SPARC and others but he (she)
didn't mention VAXstations. Does anyone know a site from wich I can ftp
BSD-sources (or maybe -binaries) for our VAXstation II someone donated
to our Institute of Metallurgy ?
EMail: MartinSpott@uni-duisburg.DE