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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!199.94.215.18!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.uio.no!nntp.uib.no!nntp-bergen.UNINETT.no!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!news.uni-c.dk!news-inn.uni-c.dk!news.uni-c.dk!not-for-mail From: Mogens Kjaer <mk@crc.dk> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Newbie question: VAX3400 + RF71 + netbsd: Will this work? Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 13:47:37 +0100 Organization: Carlsberg Laboratory Lines: 40 Message-ID: <33006A69.7FFD6103@crc.dk> References: <32FF4CA0.410B8B37@crc.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: k020-03.crc.dk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; Linux 2.0.27 i586) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5397 I wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to get some life in an "old" VAX 3400. > > It has three disks, (2xRF71 and a RF72), and a TK70 tape drive. > > I copied a boot tape and a root tape, booted "b/3 mua0", and > started edlabel. So far so good: > > With this program.... > > Label which disk? ra(0,0,0) > > Trying to label the first disk, in VMS named as dia0: > > But nothing happens, edlabel just starts all over again! I've > tried a lot of other values as parameters, all with the same > result. > > My question is: Is it possible to run netbsd on this VAX, and > if so: How? I found a new boot file, tk50-file1-12C. Booting this gives the following message: ?50 SCB2NDINT, MUA0 Halt, PC = CC6 I don't get to the point where I can start edlabel. Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg Laboratory, Dept. of Chemistry Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08 Email: mk@crc.dk Homepage: http://www.crc.dk