Subject: Re: NetBSD on a 5000/133?
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 06/20/1996 09:37:36
> Simon Burge reports that a 1.2-Alpha kernel, as of today's sup source,
> doesn't boot on a 5000/133. Thinking about it, I'm sure I've
> haerd of NetbSD booting successfullly on slower-clocked 500/1xxs
> models, but I can't recall a /133.
What do you mean "doesn't boot?"
As in, the kernels don't work, or the boot blocks don't work.
I and another staff person here at CMU had ... a horrible time trying
to get NetBSD/pmax up on his 5000/1<something-xx> a few months ago,
and indeed we never succeeded. The boot blocks Were Very Unhappy,
and wouldn't load the kernel. The same exact disk image would boot
on a 5000/200...
If it's the boot blocks that don't work, it's probably the same thing.
If it's the kernel, well, maybe we ought to try it here, again. 8-)
chris