Re: DECstation 5000/200 questions
Simon Burge <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.pmax |
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| Organization | Wasabi Systems, Inc. |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Sean Davis wrote: > OK, I've got it at least trying to boot. But, even though it gets the right > stuff from BOOTP, I get this trying to boot from tftp: > > KN02-AA V5.3t > >>boot 6/tftp > 4879776?IO: 6/tftp, a.out err (-5) > > (the file is not a.out, it's that netbsd-INSTALL.ecoff.gz kernel, > un-gzipped. I've tried with the ELF version too, no go there either.) > > When trying MOP: > >>boot 6/mop > > ??? > ? PC: 0xbfc0584c<vtr=UTLBM> > ? CR: 0xc<CE=0,EXC=TLBS> > ? SR: 0x30080000<CU1,CU0,CM,IPL=8> > ? VA: 0x76e0 > > The mop server shows this (I'm just running mopd in foreground mode): > RSX Image > Header Block Count: 0 > Image Size: 00000000 > Load Address: 000076e0 > Transfer Address: 00000200 > MOP DL 0:8:c7:a4:a9:40 > 8:0:2b:1b:c6:a4 len 1058 code 02 MLD > > > I'm guessing that this is the "kernel is way the hell too big" issue... but > then, the question is, what file do I tell it to load over the network? :-) If this is the size issue (and not a hardware issue), older releases for pmax include a "nfsnetbsd.gz" kernel which is quite small. It doesn't have sysinst, but you can use it to bootstrap a system with a bit of fiddling. Look on ftp.netbsd.org under pub/NetBSD-archive/NetBSD-1.5.3/pmax/binary/kernel for that kernel. If you're using NFS instead of disk, you should be able to compile up a relatively small -current kernel without too much trouble. Let me know if you want a hand doing this. Simon. -- Simon Burge <[email protected]> NetBSD Support and Service: http://www.wasabisystems.com/