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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!netnews.nwnet.net!news.montana.edu!ericm From: ericm@math.montana.edu (Eric McWhorter) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: install NetBSD on pmax Date: 16 Feb 1996 21:57:34 GMT Organization: Math Sciences, MSU, Bozeman MT, 59717 Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4g2uke$fu@news.oscs.montana.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mathfs.math.montana.edu I've attempted to install NetBSD on a decstation with no success. I've tried numerous permutations of the directions, but what I think should have worked was: I put the disk on a decstation 5000/120 running ULTRIX 4.3. I compiled disklabel with gcc 2.5.8, moved bootrz and rzboot to /usr/mdec and ran disklabel as such: ./disklabel -B /dev/rrz3c (some warning about no disk label) ./disklabel -B -R /dev/rrz3c rz24 Now, if I run ./disklabel -r /dev/rrz3c it looks good. I then did the dd: dd if=./miniroot of=/dev/rrz3c seek=16 the disklabel is still in tact. So, I didn't clobber it. However, the resultant disk is NOT bootable on a decstation 5000/133 or a 2100. Anyone get this beast to work? A friend tried labeling the disk from a macintosh running NetBSD but that didn't work either. Both machines will boot ULTRIX and I'm certain I have the boot rom environment variable set correctly. Help!? -- Eric McWhorter 2-207 Wilson Hall, MSU, Bozeman, MT 59717 Math Sciences (406)994-1788 Montana State University ericm@math.montana.edu