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Date: 2026-04-11 15:50:00
From: Ken Wellsch
Description: NetBSD 11.0_RC3/vax on VAX 4000/100
>>>boot dka0
(BOOT/R5:0 DKA0)
2..
-DKA0
1..0..
>> NetBSD/vax boot [1.12 (Sat Apr 4 06:08:56 UTC 2026)] <<
>> Press any key to abort autoboot 4
nfs_open: must mount first.
open netbsd.vax: Device not configured
> boot netbsd
3767764+188436 [260544+246252]=0x441da4
[ 1.0000000] Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
[ 1.0000000] 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,
[ 1.0000000] 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023,
[ 1.0000000] 2024, 2025, 2026
[ 1.0000000] The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved.
[ 1.0000000] Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
[ 1.0000000] The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
[ 1.0000000] NetBSD 11.0_RC3 (GENERIC) #0: Sat Apr 4 06:08:56 UTC 2026
[ 1.0000000] [_EMAIL_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX]:/usr/src/sys/arch/vax/compile/GENERIC
[ 1.0000000] VAX 4000/100
[ 1.0000000] total memory = 81848 KB
[ 1.0000000] avail memory = 74316 KB
[ 1.0000000] mainbus0 (root)
[ 1.0000000] cpu0 at mainbus0cpu0: KA52, ucode rev 2
[ 1.0000000] ze0 at mainbus0
[ 1.0000000] ze0: hardware address [_MAC_XXXXXXXXXX]
[ 1.0000000] vsbus0 at mainbus0
[ 1.0000000] vsbus0: 8K entry DMA SGMAP at PA 0x27000000 (VA 0x878f2000)
[ 1.0000000] vsbus0: interrupt mask 0
[ 1.0000000] dz0 at vsbus0 csr 0x25000000 vec 524 ipl 17 maskbit 3
[ 1.0000000] dz0: 4 lines, console on line 3
[ 1.0000000] asc0 at vsbus0 csr 0x26000080 vec 510 ipl 17 maskbit 1
[ 1.0000000] asc0: NCR53C94, 25MHz, SCSI ID 6
[ 1.0000000] scsibus0 at asc0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
[ 1.0000000] lkkbd0 at dz0 line 0
[ 1.0000000] lkkbd0: no keyboard
[ 1.0000000] wskbd0 at lkkbd0 mux 1
[ 1.0000000] lkms0 at dz0 line 1
[ 1.0000000] wsmouse0 at lkms0 mux 0
[ 1.0000000] uba0 at mainbus0: Q22
[ 1.0000000] WARNING: system needs entropy for security; see entropy(7)
[ 1.0000030] scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
[ 3.0094620] sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <ZULUSCSI, HARDDRIVE, 2.3B> disk fixed
[ 3.0396280] sd0: 4095 MB, 8320 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8386560 sectors
[ 3.0623520] sd0: sync (160.00ns offset 15), 8-bit (6.250MB/s) transfers
[ 3.0794440] sd1 at scsibus0 target 1 lun 0: <ZULUSCSI, HARDDRIVE, 2.3B> disk fixed
[ 3.1022260] sd1: 4095 MB, 8320 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8386560 sectors
[ 3.1195840] sd1: sync (160.00ns offset 15), 8-bit (6.250MB/s) transfers
[ 4.5694700] cd0 at scsibus0 target 5 lun 0: <ZULUSCSI, CDROM, 2.3B> cdrom removable
[ 4.5928370] cd0: sync (160.00ns offset 15), 8-bit (6.250MB/s) transfers
[ 5.0895230] swwdog0: software watchdog initialized
[ 5.1294970] boot device: sd0
[ 5.1416080] root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
[ 5.1894670] root file system type: ffs
[ 5.2094930] kern.module.path=/stand/vax/11.0/modules
[ 5.2258190] TODR stoppedWARNING: preposterous TOD clock time
[ 5.2447510] WARNING: using filesystem time
[ 5.2538220] WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
[ 5.6695050] entropy: best effort
Fri Apr 10 18:10:22 EDT 2026
Starting root file system check:
/dev/rsd0a: file system is clean; not checking
Setting sysctl variables:
ddb.onpanic: 1 -> 0
swapctl: setting dump device to /dev/sd0b
swapctl: adding /dev/sd0b as swap device at priority 0
Starting file system checks:
[ 15.3194110] entropy: ready
Loaded entropy from /var/db/entropy-file.
Waiting for entropy...done
Setting tty flags.
Starting network.
Hostname: vax
IPv6 mode: host
Configuring network interfaces:.
Adding interface aliases:.
Waiting for duplicate address detection to finish...
Starting dhcpcd.
le0: interface not found
main: control_stop: No such file or directory
/etc/rc.d/dhcpcd exited with code 1
Building databases: dev, utmp, utmpx.
Starting syslogd.
Setting date via ntp.
Apr 10 18:10:49 vax ntpdate[379]: name server cannot be used: Temporary failure in name resolution (2)
Exiting, name server cannot be used: Temporary failure in name resolution (2)/etc/rc.d/ntpdate exited with code 1
Mounting all file systems...
Clearing temporary files.
Creating a.out runtime link editor directory cache.
Checking quotas: done.
Setting securelevel: kern.securelevel: 0 -> 1
swapctl: setting dump device to /dev/sd0b
Starting virecover.
Checking for core dump...
savecore: no core dump
Starting local daemons:.
Updating motd.
Starting inetd.
Starting cron.
The following components reported failures:
/etc/rc.d/dhcpcd /etc/rc.d/ntpdate
See /var/run/rc.log for more information.
Fri Apr 10 18:11:12 EDT 2026
NetBSD/vax (vax) (constty)
login:
[plugging a microMAU into the thick connector caused the box to power off - so no network here]