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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
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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

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Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg Laboratory, Dept. of Chemistry
Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark
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