> oldcpu@rogerwilco.org wrote:
> > I've just netbooted NetBSD onto a VAXstation 3200 (KA-650) with 5MB RAM and 
> > DELQA.  The installation kernel loads and boots, but apparently doesn't detect 
> > any network controllers.  When I choose the Configure Network option in the 
> > sysinst Utilities menu, it complains that it could not find a network controller 
> > in the system.  Of course, the DELQA is there, and working, since it just did 
> > the initial MOP/BOOTP/NFS load of the bootloader and the installation kernel 
> > itself in the first place.
> >
> > I tried several versions of the netboot installation kernel: 1.5.3, 1.6.2 (which 
> > hangs on boot, BTW), 2.0, and 3.0.1.  Same result each time (excepting v2.0, of 
> > course), indicating that no network device was found.
> >
> > I even pulled the DELQA and tried a known-working DEQNA (see uVAX II below), but 
> > see exactly the same results.
> >
> > This method has worked great in recent days with a MicroVAX II (KA630, 4MB, 
> > DEQNA) and a VAXstation 3100 (KA42, 8MB, LANCE).
> >
> > I have come into a nice collection of uVAXen and I'm trying to get NetBSD loaded 
> > just long enough for me to do a 'dd' over NFS as a way to image the original 
> > disk's contents before doing anything else.
> >
> > Any ideas, on what's up with this VAXstation 3200 with NetBSD?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Jared
> >   
> 
> This is just me rambling, but maybe the driver is missing from the
> install kernel? If you're netbooting anyway, could you try a generic
> and put the root on nfs?
> 
No, it should be present, at both 0174440 and 0174460.

-- Ragge