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In article <1992Nov13.095522.60804@cc.usu.edu>, ivie@cc.usu.edu (CP/M lives!) writes:
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|>From: ivie@cc.usu.edu (CP/M lives!)
|>Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
|>Subject: Re: VS4090 fddi boot?
|>Message-ID: <1992Nov13.095522.60804@cc.usu.edu>
|>Date: 13 Nov 92 09:55:22 MDT
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|>In article <1dv97cINNqe6@fnnews.fnal.gov>, jhf@d0xs1.fnal.gov (John Featherly) writes:
|>I'm not entirely certain, but I don't think you'll be able to boot from
|>something in the TURBOchannel slot. I'm not sure how someone might go about
|>interfacing VAX VMB code to a bootstrap writting in interpreted MIPS code.

VMS does not support booting from any TURBOchannel device on the VAXstation
4000 systems.  This is a restriction in the boot drivers and boot roms.
|>
|>I also suspect that console drivers on a TURBOchannel modules won't work.
|>-- 

Yup, same restriction

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