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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!eru.mt.luth.se!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.alt.net!newspost1.alt.net!tumnus From: ddelsig@norden1.com (David M. Del Signre) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: MicroVAX II bootable tape? Date: Fri, 12 Jul 96 15:51:31 GMT Organization: Altopia Corp. - Affordable Usenet Access - http://www.alt.net Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4s5rl4$4f4@tofu.alt.net> X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 Hello all, I was just given a MicroVAX II with a tk-50 tape drive, a dead hard drive which prior to it's demise held the system, and two (apparently) working hard drives. Unfortunately I have not been able to locate the system tape, so I'm not able to do anything with the box. Reading the NetBSD/VAX faq, it seems that I would be able to install NetBSD from a bootable tape. I would like to know: 1.) Is this the case? How many tapes would it take to accomplish this? 2.) I've got a Linux machine as well. Is it possible/more appropriate to boot off the tape with a minimal system and nfs mount the linux box to do the install? 3.) If one of the two options would work, where would I get such a tape? (I'm in Toledo, Ohio) Thanks in advance for any help. Dave Del Signore ddelsig@norden1.com