[TUHS] Bringing up any 4.3BSD on a MicroVAX without tape....

robertdkeys at aol.com robertdkeys at aol.com
Thu Oct 20 03:28:31 AEST 2005


 The /boot is there, so it is somewhere between the bootblocks
and /boot that the connection is lost.  The /boot is apparently
not correctly found.  But, it is there......
 
Bob Keys
 
-----Original Message-----

> The problem is that it won't install boot blocks that work.
> None of the raboot/rdboot/bootra/bootrd combos get
> any farther than the cryptic "loading boot" message.

The "loading boot" message comes from the bootblock code and indicates
that the bootblocks are good and working.  If it stops there, it means
that you are missing the /boot file in the root filesystem (that's what
it's loading).

MS
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