Re: Help about installing NetBSD on a VAXstation 4000/90 (Cougar)

[Johnny Billquist <bqt%update.uu.se@localhost>]

On 2018-04-26 21:33, Silas wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 10:14:07PM +0300, Anders Magnusson wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> Hi!
>
> > Terminal - you mean the graphic console?
> > Not sure if it actually works, I have only used the serial console on 
> > 4000/90.
>
> No, I mean a VT 520 I have connected to the VAX serial console (I have 
> some pictures of it).
I hope the S3 switch is set accordingly.

> > MOP booting should work just fine, I use it (almost) daily.
> > Not that I speak MOP but the above looks to me as if the vax is not 
> > receiving any MOP responses.
> (...)
> > 7.1.2 should work just fine.  I can test this myself when I get home 
> > in a week, currently out traveling.
>
> I'm probably missing something.  What I did on the mopd server is:
>
>     # cd /tftpboot/mop
>     # wget 
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-7.1.2/vax/installation/netboot/boot
>     # mv boot boot.sys

Yes, you are missing something. The documentation on the mop server do 
mention this, I know. You need to read that documentation better.
Anyhow, mopd is looking for a filename that is the mac address, to be 
served to the requester. If that isn't found, it don't respond.
(And I assume that mopd is running, which you didn't mention above...)

Normally, you'd create a soft link from a filename that is the mac 
address, to boot.sys.

  Johnny

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