Subject: Re: EUREKA! My DECstation 5400 is a VAXstation 3520 Dual CPU!
To: NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
From: Lord Isildur <mrfusion@guildvax.guild.net>
List: port-vax
Date: 11/09/2000 21:24:52
hello,
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, NetBSD Bob wrote:
> Well, for the sake of discussion, WHICH version of Ultrix, and how is
> the critter actually booted? When I boot a cd with Ultrix 4.2A or
> 4.5, I can get it to boot the cd, load the kernel, and then when it
> jumps to the kernel, it totally freezes up. I also tried bringing
hmm. these machines were pretty closely wedded to the grafix hardware..
is theremaybe an issue of switching to a grafics console once the kernel is
loaded and sees it's there?? just a really dumb idea, since i dont know
much about the 3520.
> Any idea why it freezes? Someone else on the list(?) I think also
> has had the same lockup problems in a 3520. Was that you, or someone
> else, and did it get resolved?
>
isildur