On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 09:31:43PM -0800, Debee Norling wrote:
> The VAX-specific ISO images I download from
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/ do not appear to be bootable, even
> though the readme states:
> 
> >The following architectures will boot directly from CD-ROM:
> 
> Vax is included in this list. I also tried the i-386 ISO just to check and
> it also has no kernel image in its root directory. I tried both the 2.1, the
> 2.02 and the 1.62ISOS. Vaxes in my house which boot the VMS CD fine won't
> boot any ISO I build from the official NetBsd site. I've tried several
> Vaxstations, 3100s and 4000s. All have working SCSI CD-ROM drives.

Hello,

I have never tried it myself (for VAX) but there is a bootable CD
howto:

http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/bootcd.html#vaximage

The howto mentions putting the kernel and the secondary boot loader
in the root directory.

I normally netboot my vaxen when installing, but that assumes access
to a useable server of some kind.

-- 
Christer O. Andersson
Odensbacken