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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!rock!concert!uvaarpa!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!sun-barr!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd2.cxo.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!engage.pko.dec.com!pravda.enet.dec.com!jackson
  3. From: jackson@pravda.enet.dec.com ()
  4. Subject: Re: VS4090 fddi boot?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov16.150449.10714@engage.pko.dec.com>
  6. Sender: newsdaemon@engage.pko.dec.com (USENET News Daemon)
  7. Reply-To: jackson@pravda.enet.dec.com ()
  8. Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
  9. References: <1dv97cINNqe6@fnnews.fnal.gov> <1992Nov13.095522.60804@cc.usu.edu>
  10. Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:04:49 GMT
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  14. In article <1992Nov13.095522.60804@cc.usu.edu>, ivie@cc.usu.edu (CP/M lives!) writes:
  15. |>Path: engage.pko.dec.com!e2big.mko.dec.com!uvo.dec.com!rdg.dec.com!news.crl.dec.com!dbased.nuo.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!nntpd2.cxo.dec.com!pa.dec.com!decwrl!decwrl!sdd.hp.com!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!ivie
  16. |>From: ivie@cc.usu.edu (CP/M lives!)
  17. |>Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
  18. |>Subject: Re: VS4090 fddi boot?
  19. |>Message-ID: <1992Nov13.095522.60804@cc.usu.edu>
  20. |>Date: 13 Nov 92 09:55:22 MDT
  21. |>References: <1dv97cINNqe6@fnnews.fnal.gov>
  22. |>Distribution: world
  23. |>Organization: Utah State University
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  26. |>In article <1dv97cINNqe6@fnnews.fnal.gov>, jhf@d0xs1.fnal.gov (John Featherly) writes:
  27. |>I'm not entirely certain, but I don't think you'll be able to boot from
  28. |>something in the TURBOchannel slot. I'm not sure how someone might go about
  29. |>interfacing VAX VMB code to a bootstrap writting in interpreted MIPS code.
  30.  
  31. VMS does not support booting from any TURBOchannel device on the VAXstation
  32. 4000 systems.  This is a restriction in the boot drivers and boot roms.
  33. |>
  34. |>I also suspect that console drivers on a TURBOchannel modules won't work.
  35. |>-- 
  36.  
  37. Yup, same restriction
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  42. William M. Jackson
  43. Workstation Product Marketing Manager
  44. Workstation Engineering
  45. Digital Equipment Corporation
  46. 146 Main Street
  47. Maynard, MA 01754
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  49. Mail:    Jackson@pravda.enet.dec.com
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