Re: Netboot on Vax

[David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On 3 January 2014 16:32, Matthew Whitehead <mwhitehe%redhat.com@localhost> 
wrote:
> Team,
>   I'm pretty sure the MOP boot program hasn't worked for a long while. The 
> latests I could get to netboot on a MicroVAX-II is 3.1.1. I think the MOP 
> boot program needs to have its ELF header stripped.
>
> The problem with using the old 3.1.1 boot is that it doesn't recognize the 
> newest kernels. It complains "Boot failed: Inappropriate file type or format".

I was using the netboot mop program from 6.x on a VAXstation 4000/90.
I wonder if there is something in the newer versions that older
machines can't grok?