Well, I cannot access the ftp server this morning, but IIRC the booting section only had boot, and initfs I made the assumption that boot was the same as boot.mop so perhaps therin lies my problem. When you 'assume' you make an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me'! I would greatly appreciate it if you could send me yours! cheers, Nigel Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept! Skype: TILBURY2591 nw.johnson%ieee.org@localhost On 25/08/2020 01:15, Mouse wrote: >>> but the boot file is an ELF file. >> The NetBSD mopd can deal with ELF files, but for some others you need >> to convert the binary to a.out (using e.g. objcopy). > I don't know whether it's still true of recent NeBSD, but as of 1.4T > (the latest I've tried to run on a VAX), building boot also builds > boot.mop, which in my (limited) experience is just what's needed. > > Might be worth looking for. I can send you mine, if you like, but it's > old enough I don't know whether it'll work for you. > > /~\ The ASCII Mouse > \ / Ribbon Campaign > X Against HTML mouse%rodents-montreal.org@localhost > / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
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