>From: NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
>Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 14:57:25 -0400 (EDT)
>
>Well, here I go again, another VAX....(:+}}...  this time a 4000 60
>with 2 ram sticks (probably 32mb total) and a 1 gig HP drive and a
>video board of some kind.
>
>IFF I pull the video board, is there anything strange (switches to flip,
>etc) in getting NetBSD up on it?

If you open the door on the lower right of the front of the machine,
you'll see switch S3.  Put that in the up position for a serial
console.  No need to pull the framebuffer.

>I see an internal spot for what looks like a full height drive of some
>sort, or possibly a cdrom?  What can/does/should go there?  I did not
>see any mount bracket though, but the bus cable has a connector there.
>I would suppose most anything could go there?

Yes, I think you could get a mounting kit to put a CD-ROM there.  I've
never personally seen one with anything installed there though.

>Is the 1.5.1 VAX bootcd iso ready yet?  IF so, I would like to burn
>a copy instead of using 1.5, tonight.

I don't think 1.5.1 is out yet.  But you could use 1.5.1_BETA2 and
then a later upgrate to 1.5.1 would be painless.

>(Yeah, I know, what do I need with another VAX... but, it was so cute
> and orphaned, just sitting in the surplus pile.....(:+\\..... I could
> not just let it sit there......(:+}}...)

It's a nice machine...the fastest VAX I own...

Cheers,
entropy

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