DD'ing the cd image to hard disk works for my sparcstation, but I'd
probably do an FTP install from a local machine. Then all you need to do
is dd the miniroot to the hard disk to boot and install.
Dinking around with cdrom drives on these old workstations will make your
head grey. I use the network as much as possible to avoid them. I had to
use the rrd for VMS, but you could install netbsd from paper tape just
about.
Regards,
Jeff
In <716.420T1650T8225595optimus_at_canit.se>, on 01/21/01
at 12:54 PM, "Iggy Drougge" <optimus_at_canit.se> said:
>Can't the VAX netboot?
>Otherwise, try removing the hard drive and dd a boot image onto it, then
>proceed by installing over the network.
>I wonder if the VAX needs 512-byte sector CD drives like the
>DECstations
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