Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!uunet!image.soe.clarkson.edu!bkc From: bkc@image.soe.clarkson.edu (Brad Clements) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Booting MicroVax II Message-ID: <1989Jun30.151520.22018@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> Date: 30 Jun 89 15:15:20 GMT References: <1989Jun28.215725.27262@ntvax.uucp> Sender: bkc@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Brad Clements) Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY Lines: 15 From article <1989Jun28.215725.27262@ntvax.uucp>, by chris@ntvax.uucp (Chris Britton): > Greetings from North Texas. > > I have a MicroVax II GPX running BSD 4.3 from Mt. Xinu. > > I am trying to boot a new kernel by typing "b any" at the ">>>" prompt. > My problem is that this is not working the same as our Vax 11/780. Instead > of letting me specify the device and file name at the "boot:" prompt > (i.e. ra(0,0)nvmunix), it blows right by it as if I had just typed "b" > instead of "b any". > On our MVAX w/ Xinu. We type b/1