Hello! I (earlier today) attempted to install NetBSD-5 for the VAX into a disk as described here: http://www.netbsd.org/ports/vax/emulator-howto.html
I created a install file using this as a template: load -r /usr/pkg/share/simh/ka655x.bin set cpu 64m set rq0 ra92 at rq0 netbsd.dsk set rq1 cdrom at rq1 /path/to/vaxcd.iso at xq0 name-of-network-interface-on-host boot cpu >From that I made some changes: load -r /usr/local/bin/ka655x.bin set cpu 64m set rq0 ra92 at rq0 /usr/local/vax-netbsd/netbsd.dsk set rq1 cdrom at rq1 /usr/local/vax-netbsd/vaxcd-5.0.iso at xq0 eth0 boot cpu After the system ran through its usual series of checks, I then entered at the prompt: ">>>boot dua1:" (The three right arrows are my approximation of a VMB prompt.) >From there after a series of routines that can only be described as typically appropriate for the VAX when running NetBSD, waited for the installer to prompt me for language selection. English was chosen. I then told it to configure the Ethernet connection. From there I returned to the install methods. Installing from CD did not want to work, it complained about how the disk was mounted or not mounted. Instead I chose a network one. Everything seemingly worked until this happened: +---------------+ | yes or no? | | | | a: No | |>b: Yes | +---------------+ Status: Finished Command: disklabel -w -r -f /tmp/disktab ra0 'RA92' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status: Finished Command: /sbin/newfs -V2 -O 1 -b 16384 -f 2048 /dev/rra0a -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /dev/rra0a: 1307.7MB (2678076 sectors) block size 16384, fragment size 2048 using 7 cylinder groups of 186.81MB, 11956 blks, 23552 inodes. ............................................................................... Installing boot blocks on ra0.... Okay, the first part of the procedure is finished. Sysinst has written a disklabel to the target disk, and newfs'ed and fsck'ed the new partitions you specified for the target disk. The next step is to fetch and unpack the distribution filesets. During the extraction process, what do you want to see as each file is extracted? +-------------------------------------+ | Select set extraction verbosity | | | |>a: Progress bar (recommended) | | b: Silent | | c: Verbose file name listing (slow) | +-------------------------------------+ Enter the CDROM device to be used and directory on the CDROM where the distribution is located. Remember, the directory should contain the .tgz files. a: Device cd0a b: Set directory /vax/binary/sets >x: Continue Status: Command failed Command: /sbin/mount -rt cd9660 /dev/cd0a /mnt2 Hit enter to continue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mount_cd9660: /dev/cd0a on /mnt2: Device not configured The following are the ftp site, directory, user, and password that will be used. If "user" is "ftp", then the password is not needed. a: Host ftp.NetBSD.org b: Base directory pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-5.0 c: Set directory /vax/binary/sets d: User ftp e: Password f: Proxy g: Transfer directory /usr/INSTALL h: Delete after install No >x: Get Distribution Status: Finished Command: /usr/bin/ftp -a ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-5.0/vax/bina ry/sets/kern-GENERIC.tgz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 250 CWD command successful. 250- Please read the file README.files it was last modified on Sun Apr 26 03:41:15 2009 - 1097 days ago 250 CWD command successful. 250 CWD command successful. 250 CWD command successful. 250 CWD command successful. local: kern-GENERIC.tgz remote: kern-GENERIC.tgz 227 Entering Passive Mode (199,233,217,249,224,81) 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'kern-GENERIC.tgz' (1436194 bytes). 100% |***********************************| 1402 KiB 280.50 KiB/s 00:00 ETA 226 Transfer complete. 1436194 bytes received in 00:05 (267.65 KiB/s) 221- Data traffic for this session was 1436194 bytes in 1 file. Total traffic for this session was 1440828 bytes in 1 transfer. 221 Thank you for using the FTP service on ftp.NetBSD.org. Status: Finished Command: progress -zf /targetroot/usr/INSTALL/kern-GENERIC.tgz tar --chroot -xhepf - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100% |***********************************| 2790 KiB 205.90 KiB/s 00:00 ETA Status: Finished Command: /usr/bin/ftp -a ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-5.0/vax/bina ry/sets/base.tgz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 250 CWD command successful. 250- Please read the file README.files it was last modified on Sun Apr 26 03:41:15 2009 - 1097 days ago 250 CWD command successful. 250 CWD command successful. 250 CWD command successful. 250 CWD command successful. local: base.tgz remote: base.tgz 227 Entering Passive Mode (199,233,217,249,225,5) 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'base.tgz' (25290656 bytes). 100% |***********************************| 24697 KiB 283.68 KiB/s 00:00 ETA 226 Transfer complete. 25290656 bytes received in 01:27 (282.94 KiB/s) 221- Data traffic for this session was 25290656 bytes in 1 file. Total traffic for this session was 25295260 bytes in 1 transfer. 221 Thank you for using the FTP service on ftp.NetBSD.org. Status: Running Command: progress -zf /targetroot/usr/INSTALL/base.tgz tar --chroot -xhepf - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34% |*********** | 24703 KiB 177.71 KiB/s 04:24 ETApanic: Segv in kernel mode: pc 80058016 addr 403fee80 dumping to dev 23,1 offset 8 dump succeeded HALT instruction, PC: 800DC508 (PUSHAB 80103928) sim> Right there above this line. I had originally thought something was flakey with the install methods for the later ones, but there are reports of people getting it to install on working hardware, so I decided to move back in time and try the 5.0 version. Next will be with the 4 series. However Mark the release I chose is based on one grabbed on 3/12/2012 so has anything changed since then? ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drw...@gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh