Subject: NetBSD Installation problem.
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Stefan Puscasu <stfp@roipb.cs.ipb.ro>
List: port-vax
Date: 03/20/1996 16:13:53
Hi,
I have the following problem trying to install NetBSD on a MicroVAX II:
(the edlabel and copy worked fine)
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>>> B/3 MUA0
    ^^^^^^^^
howto 0x3, bdev 0x12, booting...
10556+552+33996 start 0x0

Nboot
: ra(1,1)gennetbsd
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
618496+32768+92904 start 0x8aefc
Copyright [...]
NetBSD 1.1A (GENERIC) #132: Thu Mar 14 17:25:15 MET 1996
    ragge@urgoryif:/usr/src/sys/arch/vax/compile/GENERIC

realmem = 5241856
avail mem = 3296256
Using 255 buffers containing 261120 bytes of memory.
backplane0 (root)
cpu0 at backplane0: MicroVAX 78032/78132
sbi0 at backplane0panic: Microvax not supported
Stopped at      0x800809ae:     brb     0x800809c5
db> cont
    ^^^^
no vmspace in fault
panic: trap: adr 68
Stopped at      0x800915a3:     brb     0x8009158c
db> cont
    ^^^^
no vmspace in fault
panic: trap: adr 68
Stopped at      0x800915a3:
?04 ISP ERR
    PC = 800034CE
>>> C
    ^
?1A ILL ADR
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The boot device is TK50; the disk is the second RD53 (DUA1; DUA0 contains
VMS V5.5-2). The tape was prepared on the same computer, with MOUN/FOREIGN
and COPY. I've not used two TK50 tapes, as written in the Section 3 of
the FAQ, but only one- there is a short "2 cents'" notice saying than you
can use only one tape.
I suspect that there is an extra device in this machine that is not (yet :-))
supported. Is this true? If not, what's wrong? If there is an additional
unsupported device, can I remove it?
I haven't open the case, and don't know what does it contain.
I don't know much about UNIXes (because VMS is my favourite OS),
so I do not understand kernel's messages.
I have searched all the 27 parts of this mailing list archive for keywords
like "panic" and "sbi0", but I haven't found any related thing.
Below is more info about this system:
(SHOW DEV says that an RD53 has 1020 cylinders, and the
disktab file says 963 ??)
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$ SHOW MEM
              System Memory Resources on 20-MAR-1996 14:55:47.99
Physical Memory Usage (pages):     Total        Free      In Use    Modified
  Main Memory (5.00Mb)             10240        4902        5088         250
Slot Usage (slots):                Total        Free    Resident     Swapped
  Process Entry Slots                 36          23          13           0
  Balance Set Slots                   31          20          11           0
Fixed-Size Pool Areas (packets):   Total        Free      In Use        Size
  Small Packet (SRP) List            503         200         303         128
  I/O Request Packet (IRP) List      318         217         101         176
  Large Packet (LRP) List             23           3          20        1856
Dynamic Memory Usage (bytes):      Total        Free      In Use     Largest
  Nonpaged Dynamic Memory         441344       63200      378144       32336
  Paged Dynamic Memory            275456      128336      147120      127456
Paging File Usage (pages):                      Free  Reservable       Total
  DISK$VAXVMSV055:[SYS0.SYSEXE]SWAPFILE.SYS                                     
                                                3000        3000        3000
  DISK$VAXVMSV055:[SYS0.SYSEXE]PAGEFILE.SYS                                     
                                               14264       -3821       15576
Of the physical pages in use, 2983 pages are permanently allocated to VMS.

$ SHOW DEV/FULL
Disk BILL$DUA0:, device type RD53, is online, mounted, file-oriented device,
    shareable, available to cluster, error logging is enabled.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed               2759
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                         [1,1]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot    S:RWED,O:RWED,G:RWED,W:RWED
    Reference count               32    Default buffer size                 512
    Total blocks              138672    Sectors per track                    17
    Total cylinders             1020    Tracks per cylinder                   8

    Volume label        "VAXVMSV055"    Relative volume number                0
    Cluster size                   3    Transaction count                   142
    Free blocks                 5061    Maximum files allowed             25608
    Extend quantity                5    Mount count                           1
    Mount status              System    Cache name        "_BILL$DUA0:XQPCACHE"
    Extent cache size             64    Maximum blocks in extent cache      506
    File ID cache size            64    Blocks currently in extent cache    306
    Quota cache size               0    Maximum buffers in FCP cache        147

  Volume status:  subject to mount verification, file high-water marking, write-
      through caching enabled.

Disk BILL$DUA1:, device type RD53, is online, file-oriented device, shareable,
    available to cluster, error logging is enabled.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                 0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                         [0,0]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot    S:RWED,O:RWED,G:RWED,W:RWED
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                 512
    Total blocks              138672    Sectors per track                    17
    Total cylinders             1020    Tracks per cylinder                   8

Disk BILL$DUA2:, device type RX50, is online, file-oriented device, shareable,
    available to cluster, error logging is enabled.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                         [0,0]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot    S:RWED,O:RWED,G:RWED,W:RWED
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                 512

Disk BILL$DUA3:, device type RX50, is online, file-oriented device, shareable,
    available to cluster, error logging is enabled.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                         [0,0]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot    S:RWED,O:RWED,G:RWED,W:RWED
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                 512

Magtape BILL$MUA0:, device type TK50, is online, file-oriented device, available
    to cluster, error logging is enabled.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                         [0,0]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot    S:RWED,O:RWED,G:RWED,W:RWED
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                2048
    Density                     1600    Format                        Normal-11

  Volume status:  no-unload on dismount, odd parity.

Terminal FTA0:, device type unknown, is offline, device set /NOAVAILABLE,
    record-oriented device, carriage control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal OPA0:, device type VT300 Series, is online, record-oriented device,
    carriage control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                 72
    Owner process             "STFP"    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000051    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                2    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal RTA0:, device type unknown, is offline, device set /NOAVAILABLE,
    record-oriented device, carriage control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal RTB0:, device type unknown, is offline, device set /NOAVAILABLE,
    record-oriented device, carriage control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXA0:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXA1:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXA2:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXA3:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXA4:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXA5:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXA6:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXA7:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXB0:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXB1:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXB2:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXB3:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXB4:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXB5:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXB6:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Terminal TXB7:, device type unknown, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
    control.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                S:RWLP,O:,G:,W:
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                  80

Device PTA0: is online, shareable, error logging is enabled.

    Error count                    1    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                         [0,0]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot    S:RWLP,O:RWLP,G:RWLP,W:RWLP
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                   0

Device PUA0: is online, shareable, error logging is enabled.

    Error count                    1    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                         [0,0]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot    S:RWLP,O:RWLP,G:RWLP,W:RWLP
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                   0

Device WSA0: is offline, record-oriented device, shareable, device is a template
    only.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                         [0,0]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot    S:RWLP,O:RWLP,G:RWLP,W:RWLP
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                 512

Device XQA0: is online, network device, device is a template only.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                  0
    Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC                         [0,0]
    Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot                               
    Reference count                0    Default buffer size                 512

Device XQA2: is online, network device.

    Error count                    0    Operations completed                 44
    Owner process           "NETACP"    Owner UIC                      [SYSTEM]
    Owner process ID        0000004D    Dev Prot                               
    Reference count                2    Default buffer size                1498

$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$GETSYI("HW_NAME")
MicroVAX II

$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$GETSYI("HW_MODEL")
8
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Thank you for any info you can provide.

Yours,

Stefan PUSCASU
VAX/VMS System Manager & Student, Bucharest Polytechnic, Romania
stfp@roipb.cs.ipb.ro