On Tue, 02 Feb 1999 23:59:06 +0100  Hanspeter Purtschert wrote:

> I'm using Linux (Suse 6.0, Kernel  2.2.0) as bootp, nfs and tftps server
> 
> in order to boot my decstation 5000/125 over network.
> 
> I try to boot (Ultrix 4.5 vmunix) with this command:
> ">>boot 3/tftp"
> The decstation gets a correct ip adress and sends a tftp request to get
> the boot kernel.
> 
> Then the decstation stops booting with an error message:
> "?IO: 3/tftp, a.out (-5)"

You should be booting an ecoff kernel (netbsd.ecoff) - I dunny what the
a.out part in the error means.  Does the error occur straight away, or
after some sort of delay?

> I think, that the vmunix kernel is to big. But where can I can get a
> smaller kernel ?
> I also tried to boot nfsnetbsd.ecoff (NetBSD 1.3.3), which doesn't work.
> 
> My decstation has prom revsision KN02-BA V5.7e.

While not helping, V5.7e is listed as:

	Boots of HP9000/400 HP-UX 9.1, but not SS10/linux

in the board list (http://www.NetBSD.ORG/Ports/pmax/board-list.html).  I
can't remember where I got the reference...

If you have a disk in the DECstation and a SCSI controller on your
peecee you can just dd the gunzip'd diskimage file onto the start of the
disk.

Simon.