I was able to MOP boot my VS3100 and 4000 with NetBSD-8.0 and do an install. MOP boot host was a NetBSD install on x86 VM -- I usually use an OpenBSD system for MOP booting, but apparently the MOP boot format has changed slightly in recent releases (I forget which has changed their format). I've heard from a few other hobbyists that they've also banged their heads against that conflict! NetBSD was stable enough for me to get an IRC client up and join #netbsd on FreeNode.
Thanks, Jonathan On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 6:20 AM Holm Tiffe via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: > > > Hi All > > > > With the upcoming demise of VMS/VAX I thought I might give NetBSD/vax a > try. > > > > Downloading a bootable image and burning it onto a CD was not a problem. > > > > On the 3100 with attached RRD42 and SCSI drive RZ26l the CD duly booted > > ito the NetBSD install menu. > > > > All of versions 7,8 and 9. failed after partitioning at the point where > > the system is copied to the hard disk. > > > > Has anybody successfuly installed NetBSD on a VAX. If which version on > > which VAX > > > > Rod Smallwood > > > > > > -- > > > > > I had several kinds of trouble installing NetBSD on Vaxstations in the > past. If I remember correctly one of the reasons for an failing install > was some trouble related to the cache and the SCSI Controller. > > There is a maling list to which you should subscribe and report the > problem: [email protected]. > I think personally that NetBSD-vax is in a not so good state... > > This is from 03/30/2013, there is (was?) a bunch of similar problems > on VS3100/M76, or VS4000/90 too, stray interrupts, segfailts in the > install script and so on. > If the system is finally running, most of the problems are gone, but > installing is a special thing it seems... > > > >HI, > >I've got some Vaxstations lately and today I've tried to install > >NetBSD-6.1_RC2 on a VS3100M38 with 24Mbytes of RAM. > >Disk is an IBM DCAS 34330, 4Gbyte. > > > >I can do what I want, the install.ram is crashing while labeling the > >disk, > >regardless if I have overwritten the disk with zeros before ot not. > > > >This is the last screen: > > > > Status: Command ended on signal > > Command: disklabel -w -r -f /tmp/disktab sd0 'DCAS-34330 ' > > Hit enter to continue > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >uid 0, pid 7, command disklabel, on /: file system full > > > >/: write failed, file system is full > >pid 7 (disklabel): user write of 9272@0x1a2000 at 67912 failed: 28 > > > >----------- > > > >I had all kinds of similar errors in the tris before that, illegal > >instrcutions and so on. > > > >The disk is ok, OpenBSD is running fine on that beast and I'm unable to > >install more RAM as the two boards that are currently in that machine to > >get more than 24MB. > > > >What is the right way to install NetBSD on such a M38? > > > >Kind Regards, > > > >Holm > > > > > > -- > Technik Service u. Handel Tiffe, www.tsht.de, Holm Tiffe, > Freiberger Straße 42, 09600 Oberschöna, USt-Id: DE253710583 > [email protected] Fax +49 3731 74200 Tel +49 3731 74222 Mobil: 0172 8790 741 > >
