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 SUCH DAMAGE.
  <p>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="#generalnotes">General notes on running "guest OSes"</a>
-   <li><a href="#netbsdpmaxinstall">NetBSD/pmax 3.0.1 or 1.6.2</a>
+   <li><a href="#netbsdpmaxinstall">NetBSD/pmax 3.1 or 1.6.2</a>
    <li><a href="#netbsdarcinstall">NetBSD/arc 1.6.2</a>
-   <li><a href="#netbsdhpcmipsinstall">NetBSD/hpcmips 3.0.1</a>
+   <li><a href="#netbsdhpcmipsinstall">NetBSD/hpcmips 3.1</a>
-   <li><a href="#netbsdcobaltinstall">NetBSD/cobalt 3.0.1</a>
+   <li><a href="#netbsdcobaltinstall">NetBSD/cobalt 3.1</a>
-   <li><a href="#netbsdevbmipsinstall">NetBSD/evbmips 3.0.1</a>
+   <li><a href="#netbsdevbmipsinstall">NetBSD/evbmips 3.1</a>
-   <li><a href="#netbsdalgorinstall">NetBSD/algor 3.0.1</a>
+   <li><a href="#netbsdalgorinstall">NetBSD/algor 3.1</a>
-   <li><a href="#netbsdsgimips">NetBSD/sgimips 3.0.1</a>
+   <li><a href="#netbsdsgimips">NetBSD/sgimips 3.1</a>
-   <li><a href="#netbsdcatsinstall">NetBSD/cats 3.0.1</a>
+   <li><a href="#netbsdcatsinstall">NetBSD/cats 3.1</a>
    <li><a href="#netbsdevbarminstall">NetBSD/evbarm 2.1</a>
-   <li><a href="#netbsdnetwinderinstall">NetBSD/netwinder 3.0.1</a>
+   <li><a href="#netbsdnetwinderinstall">NetBSD/netwinder 3.1</a>
    <li><a href="#netbsdprepinstall">NetBSD/prep 2.1</a>
+   <li><a href="#netbsddreamcast">NetBSD/dreamcast 3.1</a>
    <li><a href="#openbsdpmaxinstall">OpenBSD/pmax 2.8-BETA</a>
-   <li><a href="#openbsdcatsinstall">OpenBSD/cats 3.9</a>
+   <li><a href="#openbsdcatsinstall">OpenBSD/cats 4.0</a>
    <li><a href="#ultrixinstall">Ultrix/RISC 4.5</a>
    <li><a href="#sprite">Sprite for DECstation</a>
    <li><a href="#declinux">Debian GNU/Linux for DECstation</a>
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 not be relevant for this specific releas
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 not be relevant for this specific releas
    <li><a href="#openbsdsgiinstall">OpenBSD/sgi</a>
    <li><a href="#openbsdarcinstall">OpenBSD/arc 2.3</a>
    <li><a href="#debiancats">Debian GNU/Linux for CATS</a>
+   <!-- <li><a href="#linux_malta">Linux/Malta</a> -->
    <li><a href="#linux_qemu_mips">Linux/QEMU_MIPS</a>
    <li><a href="#windows_nt_mips">Windows NT/MIPS</a>
    <li><a href="#netbsdmacppcinstall">NetBSD/macppc 3.0</a>
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 onto a disk image in GXemul. The device
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 onto a disk image in GXemul. The device
 /200 is reasonably complete; it should be enough to emulate a
  networked X-windows-capable workstation.
  <p>NetBSD/pmax 1.6.2 works perfectly with X out-of-the-box. Unfortunately,
- newer NetBSD releases have changed slightly, and nowadays X does not
+ newer NetBSD releases have changed slightly, and X does not work straight
- work straight away. (It seems that this has to do with NetBSD switching
+ away with NetBSD 2.x and 3.x. It seems that this has to do with NetBSD
- console system to "WSCONS" somewhere between 1.6.2 and 2.0. I haven't had
+ switching console system to "WSCONS" somewhere between 1.6.2 and 2.0.
- time to figure out how to make it work; at worst it might require a kernel
- recompilation.) What this means is that if you want to use emulated X11,
+ <p>What this means is that if you want to use emulated X11, then you need
- then you need to run NetBSD 1.6.2. If you feel that you only need
+ to run NetBSD 1.6.2. At the time of writing this, 4.0_BETA snapshots work
- serial-console emulation, then choose the latest NetBSD version available.
+ fine too, but 4.0 isn't released yet. If you feel that you only need
+ serial-console emulation, then choose 3.1.
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  <a href="20050317-example.png"><img src="20050317-example_small.png"></a>
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 follow these instructions:
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 follow these instructions:
  <p><ol start="1">
    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the root disk
          that NetBSD installs itself onto:<pre>
-         <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_pmax.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=1900000</b>
+         <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_pmax.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=3000000</b>
  </pre>
  </ol>
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 steps:
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 steps:
    <li>Download a NetBSD CD-ROM iso image:<pre>
          <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-archive/iso/1.6.2/pmaxcd.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-archive/iso/1.6.2/pmaxcd.iso</a>
          or
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0.1/pmaxcd-3.0.1.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0.1/pmaxcd-3.0.1.iso</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/pmaxcd-3.1.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/pmaxcd-3.1.iso</a>
  </pre>
    <li>Start the emulator like this:<pre>
-         <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img -d bc:pmaxcd-3.0.1.iso</b>
+         <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img -d bc:pmaxcd-3.1.iso</b>
          (or <b>pmaxcd.iso</b>)
  </pre>
          and proceed like you would do if you were installing NetBSD on a real
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 For an ftp install, substitute steps 2 a
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 For an ftp install, substitute steps 2 a
    <li>Download a NetBSD pmax INSTALL kernel:<pre>
          <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-archive/NetBSD-1.6.2/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-archive/NetBSD-1.6.2/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</a>
          or
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</a>
  </pre>
    <li>Start the emulator like this:<pre>
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 NetBSD from the harddisk image:<pre>
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 NetBSD from the harddisk image:<pre>
          <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img</b>
  </pre>
- <p>If you installed NetBSD/pmax 1.6.2, then try the following to start
+ <p>If you installed NetBSD/pmax 1.6.2, or 4.0_BETA, then try the
- with a framebuffer:<pre>
+ following to start with a framebuffer:<pre>
          <b>gxemul -X -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img</b>
  </pre>
  and log in as <tt>root</tt> and type <tt>startx</tt> to start X windows.
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 harddisk image, follow these instruction
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 harddisk image, follow these instruction
  <ol start="1">
    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the root disk
          that NetBSD installs itself onto:<pre>
-         <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_arc.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=900000</b>
+         <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_arc.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=2000000</b>
  </pre>
    <li>Download a NetBSD/arc 1.6.2 CDROM image, and a generic NetBSD/arc
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 harddisk image, follow these instruction
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 harddisk image, follow these instruction
  </pre>
    <li>Start the emulator using this command line:<pre>
-         <b>gxemul -e pica -x -d nbsd_arc.img -d bc:arccd.iso \
+         <b>gxemul -e pica -x -d nbsd_arc.img -d bc:arccd.iso -j arc/binary/kernel/netbsd.RAMDISK.gz</b>
-           -j arc/binary/kernel/netbsd.RAMDISK.gz</b>
  </pre>
          (Try removing <tt>-x</tt> if you have problems with the xterm.)
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 image, using the following command:<pre>
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 image, using the following command:<pre>
  It is possible to install <a
  href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/hpcmips/">NetBSD/hpcmips</a> onto a disk
- image, on an an emulated MobilePro 770, 780, 800, or 880. The emulator
+ image, on an an emulated MobilePro 770 or 800. (MobilePro 780 and 880 might
- treats the different machine models as being almost identical; the most
+ work too, but I don't test those for every release of the emulator. They
- important difference is regarding the framebuffer.
+ have unaligned framebuffers, and run a bit slower.)
- <p><table border="0">
-         <tr>
-                 <td width="80">&nbsp;</td>
-                 <td><u>Model:</u></td>
-                 <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
-                 <td><u>Framebuffer size/depth:</u></td>
-                 <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
-                 <td><u>Framebuffer address:</u></td>
-         </tr>
-         <tr>
-                 <td></td>
-                 <td>MobilePro 770 (<super>*2</super>)</td>
-                 <td></td>
-                 <td>640 x 240, 16 bits</td>
-                 <td></td>
-                 <td>0xa000000</td>
-         </tr>
-         <tr>
-                 <td></td>
-                 <td>MobilePro 780</td>
-                 <td></td>
-                 <td>640 x 240, 16 bits</td>
-                 <td></td>
-                 <td>0xa180100 (<super>*</super>)</td>
-         </tr>
-         <tr>
-                 <td></td>
-                 <td>MobilePro 800</td>
-                 <td></td>
-                 <td>800 x 600, 16 bits</td>
-                 <td></td>
-                 <td>0xa000000</td>
-         </tr>
-         <tr>
-                 <td></td>
-                 <td>MobilePro 880</td>
-                 <td></td>
-                 <td>800 x 600, 16 bits</td>
-                 <td></td>
-                 <td>0xa0ea600 (<super>*</super>)</td>
-         </tr>
- </table>
- <p>
- (<super>*</super>) = not aligned at a page boundary, so it will not work
- efficiently with the current dyntrans system. Using this mode will still
- work, but each load and store will be emulated much more slowly than is
- possible with an aligned framebuffer.
- <p>
- (<super>*2</super>) = The MobilePro 770's cursor keys work differently
- than the other models, for some reason. (This is a known bug.)
  <p>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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 NetBSD/hpcmips on an emulated MobilePro
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 NetBSD/hpcmips on an emulated MobilePro
  <ol start="1">
    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the root disk
          that you will install NetBSD/hpcmips onto:<pre>
-         <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_hpcmips.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=999000</b>
+         <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_hpcmips.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=3000000</b>
  </pre>
-   <li>Download the NetBSD/hpcmips 3.0.1 ISO image, and a generic kernel:<pre>
+   <li>Download the NetBSD/hpcmips 3.1 ISO image, and a generic kernel:<pre>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0.1/">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0.1</a>/<a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0.1/hpcmipscd-3.0.1.iso">hpcmipscd-3.0.1.iso</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1</a>/<a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/hpcmipscd-3.1.iso">hpcmipscd-3.1.iso</a>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/hpcmips/binary/kernel/">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/hpcmips/binary/kernel</a>/<a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/hpcmips/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz">netbsd-GENERIC.gz</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/hpcmips/binary/kernel/">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/hpcmips/binary/kernel</a>/<a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/hpcmips/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz">netbsd-GENERIC.gz</a>
  </pre>
    <p>
    <li>Start the installation like this:<pre>
-         <b>gxemul -e mobilepro770 -X -d nbsd_hpcmips.img  \
+         <b>gxemul -e mobilepro770 -X -d nbsd_hpcmips.img -d b:hpcmipscd-3.1.iso -j hpcmips/installation/netbsd.gz</b>
-           -d b:hpcmipscd-3.0.1.iso -j hpcmips/installation/netbsd.gz</b>
  </pre>
          and proceed like you would do if you were installing NetBSD on a real
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 Use the following command line to boot t
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 Use the following command line to boot t
  </pre>
- <p>If you change your mind at this point regarding which machine type to
- emulate, you might for example prefer a MobilePro 800, then you can change
- that at any time. NetBSD/hpcmips is designed to be able to boot on many
- types, without any need to change the kernel.
  <p>When you have logged in as <tt>root</tt>, you can use <tt>startx</tt> to
  start X Windows, but there is no mouse support yet so only keyboard input
  is available. This makes it a bit akward to use X.
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 image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX
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 image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX
  <p>
  <ol>
    <li>Download a NetBSD/pmax (DECstation) install RAMDISK kernel:<pre>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</a>
  </pre>
    <p>
    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the disk image
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 image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX
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 image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX
          <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_cobalt.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=700000</b>
  </pre>
-   <li>Download the generic kernel for Cobalt and the 3.0.1 ISO image:<pre>
+   <li>Download the generic kernel for Cobalt and the 3.1 ISO image:<pre>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/cobalt/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/cobalt/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/cobalt/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/cobalt/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz</a>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0.1/cobaltcd-3.0.1.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0.1/cobaltcd-3.0.1.iso</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/cobaltcd-3.1.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/cobaltcd-3.1.iso</a>
  </pre>
    <li>Start the emulated DECstation machine like this:<pre>
-         <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_cobalt.img -d cobaltcd-3.0.1.iso netbsd-INSTALL.gz</b>
+         <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_cobalt.img -d cobaltcd-3.1.iso netbsd-INSTALL.gz</b>
  </pre>
-   <li>Log in as root (on the emulated 3MAX machine), and execute the
+   <li>At the <tt>Terminal type? [rcons]</tt> prompt, type <b>CTRL-B</b>
-         following commands: (adjust according to taste)
+ to simulate a CTRL-C sent to NetBSD/pmax. Then execute the following commands:
  <p><table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
  <b>newfs /dev/sd0c
  mount /dev/cd0c /mnt
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 image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX
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 image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX
  <p>
  <ol>
    <li>Download a NetBSD/pmax (DECstation) install RAMDISK kernel:<pre>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</a>
  </pre>
    <p>
    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the disk image
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 image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX
+Line 467 
 image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX
          <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_malta.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=700000</b>
  </pre>
-   <li>Download the Malta kernel and the 3.0.1 ISO image:<pre>
+   <li>Download the Malta kernel and the 3.1 ISO image:<pre>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/evbmips-mipsel/binary/kernel/netbsd-MALTA.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/evbmips-mipsel/binary/kernel/netbsd-MALTA.gz</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/evbmips-mipsel/binary/kernel/netbsd-MALTA.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/evbmips-mipsel/binary/kernel/netbsd-MALTA.gz</a>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0.1/evbmips-mipselcd-3.0.1.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0.1/evbmips-mipselcd-3.0.1.iso</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/evbmips-mipselcd-3.1.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/evbmips-mipselcd-3.1.iso</a>
  </pre>
    <p>
    <li>Start the emulated DECstation machine like this:<pre>
-         <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_malta.img -d evbmips-mipselcd-3.0.1.iso netbsd-INSTALL.gz</b>
+         <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_malta.img -d evbmips-mipselcd-3.1.iso netbsd-INSTALL.gz</b>
  </pre>
    <li>At the <tt>Terminal type? [rcons]</tt> prompt, type <b>CTRL-B</b>
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 cd /; umount /mnt; umount /mnt2; halt</b
+Line 499 
 cd /; umount /mnt; umount /mnt2; halt</b
  <p>NOTE: To select a 4Kc (MIPS32) CPU instead of the default 5Kc
  (MIPS64) CPU, add <tt><b>-C 4Kc</b></tt> to the command line. With NetBSD
-.0.1, however, there will be little or no difference in functionality, as
+.1, however, there will be little or no difference in functionality, as
  NetBSD still runs in 32-bit mode on 64-bit MIPS CPUs. There are two things
  that differ:<ol>
    <li>The dynamic translation core runs faster when emulating 32-bit
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 image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX
+Line 550 
 image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX
  <p>
  <ol>
    <li>Download a NetBSD/pmax (DECstation) install RAMDISK kernel:<pre>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</a>
  </pre>
    <p>
    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the disk image
-Line 615 
 image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX
+Line 558 
 image, from an emulated DECstation 3MAX
          <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_algor.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=700000</b>
  </pre>
-   <li>Download the P5064 Algor kernel and the 3.0.1 ISO image:<pre>
+   <li>Download the P5064 Algor kernel and the 3.1 ISO image:<pre>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/algor/binary/kernel/netbsd-P5064.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/algor/binary/kernel/netbsd-P5064.gz</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/algor/binary/kernel/netbsd-P5064.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/algor/binary/kernel/netbsd-P5064.gz</a>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0.1/algorcd-3.0.1.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0.1/algorcd-3.0.1.iso</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/algorcd-3.1.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/algorcd-3.1.iso</a>
  </pre>
    <p>
    <li>Start the emulated DECstation machine like this:<pre>
-         <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_algor.img -d algorcd-3.0.1.iso netbsd-INSTALL.gz</b>
+         <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_algor.img -d algorcd-3.1.iso netbsd-INSTALL.gz</b>
  </pre>
    <li>At the <tt>Terminal type? [rcons]</tt> prompt, type <b>CTRL-B</b>
-Line 682 
 NetBSD can still run in the emulator, as
+Line 625 
 NetBSD can still run in the emulator, as
  <p>For a simple test with the ramdisk/install kernel, try
  dowloading<pre>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz">ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz">ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz</a>
  </pre>and run&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><tt>gxemul -x -e o2 netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz</tt></b>.
-Line 694 
 time consuming, but necessary:
+Line 637 
 time consuming, but necessary:
  <ol>
    <li>First of all, the "<tt>nfs server</tt>" machine must be set up.
          This needs to have a 750 MB <tt>/tftpboot</tt> partition.
-         <a href="#netbsdpmaxinstall">Install NetBSD/pmax 3.0.1 from CDROM</a>.
+         <a href="#netbsdpmaxinstall">Install NetBSD/pmax 3.1 from CDROM</a>.
          (Don't forget to add the extra partition!)
    <p>
    <li>Configure the nfs server machine to act as an nfs server.
-Line 702 
 time consuming, but necessary:
+Line 645 
 time consuming, but necessary:
          <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img</b>
  </pre>and enter the following commands as <tt>root</tt>
          inside the emulator:
- <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
+ <p><table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
  <b>echo hostname=server &gt;&gt; /etc/rc.conf
  echo ifconfig_le0=\"inet 10.0.0.2\" &gt;&gt; /etc/rc.conf
  echo nameserver 10.0.0.254 &gt;&gt; /etc/resolv.conf
-Line 727 
 client:\
+Line 670 
 client:\
  echo 10.0.0.1 client &gt; /etc/hosts
  reboot</b>
  </pre></td></tr></table>
-   <li>Start the DECstation emulation again, and download the
+   <p>
-         NetBSD/sgimips distribution sets:<br>(NOTE: This
+   <li>Download the NetBSD/sgimips CD-ROM iso image, and the
-         takes quite some time, even if you have a fast network connection.)
+         GENERIC and INSTALL kernels:<pre>
- <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/sgimipscd-3.1.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/sgimipscd-3.1.iso</a>
- <b>cd /tftpboot; ftp -i ftp.se.netbsd.org</b>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC32_IP3x.gz">ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC32_IP3x.gz</a>
- (log in as anonymous...)
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz">ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz</a>
- <b>cd /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/sgimips/binary/sets
- mget base.tgz comp.tgz etc.tgz games.tgz man.tgz misc.tgz text.tgz
+ </pre>
- quit
+   <li>Start the DECstation emulation again:<pre>
- sh
+         <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_pmax.img -d sgimipscd-3.1.iso</b>
- for a in *.tgz; do echo $a; tar zxfp $a; rm -f $a; done
+ </pre>and extract the files from the sgimips CD-ROM image to the
+         DECstation disk image:
+ <p><table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
+ <b>cd /tftpboot; mount /dev/cd0a /mnt
+ for a in /mnt/sgimips/binary/sets/[bcegmt]*; do echo $a; tar zxfp $a; done
  echo 10.0.0.2:/tftpboot / nfs rw 0 0 &gt; /tftpboot/etc/fstab
  echo rc_configured=YES &gt;&gt; /tftpboot/etc/rc.conf
- dd if=/dev/zero of=swap bs=1024 count=32768
+ echo 10.0.0.254 &gt;&gt; /tftpboot/etc/mygate
- halt</b>
+ echo nameserver 10.0.0.254 &gt;&gt; /tftpboot/etc/resolv.conf
+ echo rc_configured=YES &gt;&gt; /tftpboot/etc/rc.conf
+ dd if=/dev/zero of=swap bs=1024 count=65536
+ cd /; umount /mnt; halt</b>
  </pre></td></tr></table>
-   <li>Download the NetBSD/sgimips GENERIC and INSTALL kernels:<pre>
+   <p>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC32_IP3x.gz">ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC32_IP3x.gz</a>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz">ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/sgimips/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL32_IP3x.gz</a>
- </pre>
    <li>Create a configuration file called <tt>config_client</tt>:
  <table border="0"><tr><td><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td><pre>
  <font color="#2020cf">!  Configuration file for running NetBSD/sgimips diskless with
-Line 868 
 To install NetBSD/cats onto a disk image
+Line 815 
 To install NetBSD/cats onto a disk image
          <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_cats.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=2000000</b>
  </pre>
-   <li>Download the NetBSD/cats 3.0.1 ISO image and the generic and install kernels:<pre>
+   <li>Download the NetBSD/cats 3.1 ISO image and the generic and install kernels:<pre>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0.1/catscd-3.0.1.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0.1/catscd-3.0.1.iso</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/catscd-3.1.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/catscd-3.1.iso</a>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/cats/binary/kernel/netbsd.aout-GENERIC.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/cats/binary/kernel/netbsd.aout-GENERIC.gz</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/cats/binary/kernel/netbsd.aout-GENERIC.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/cats/binary/kernel/netbsd.aout-GENERIC.gz</a>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/cats/binary/kernel/netbsd.aout-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/cats/binary/kernel/netbsd.aout-INSTALL.gz</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/cats/binary/kernel/netbsd.aout-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/cats/binary/kernel/netbsd.aout-INSTALL.gz</a>
  </pre>
    <p>
    <li>Start the installation like this:<pre>
-         <b>gxemul -XEcats -d nbsd_cats.img -d catscd-3.0.1.iso netbsd.aout-INSTALL.gz</b>
+         <b>gxemul -XEcats -d nbsd_cats.img -d catscd-3.1.iso netbsd.aout-INSTALL.gz</b>
  </pre>
          and proceed like you would do if you were installing NetBSD on a real
-Line 884 
 To install NetBSD/cats onto a disk image
+Line 831 
 To install NetBSD/cats onto a disk image
  </ol>
  <p>Alternatively, to install from FTP, you can skip downloading the ISO,
- and start the install without <tt>-d catscd-3.0.1.iso</tt>. Suitable network
+ and start the install without <tt>-d catscd-3.1.iso</tt>. Suitable network
  settings are IP 10.0.0.1, gateway/default route 10.0.0.254, netmask
 .0.0.0, nameserver 10.0.0.254.
-Line 919 
 image, from an emulated CATS machine:
+Line 866 
 image, from an emulated CATS machine:
  <p>
  <ol>
-   <li>Install NetBSD/cats 3.0.1 according to instructions
+   <li>Install NetBSD/cats 3.1 according to instructions
          <a href="#netbsdcatsinstall">further up on this page</a>.
    <p>
    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the disk image
-Line 933 
 image, from an emulated CATS machine:
+Line 880 
 image, from an emulated CATS machine:
  </pre>
    <p>
-   <li>The first step is to copy the .tgz files we want onto the CATS
+   <li>The first step is to copy the distribution .tgz files onto the CATS
          machine's harddisk. Start the CATS machine like this:<pre>
          <b>gxemul -XEcats -d nbsd_cats.img -d evbarmcd.iso netbsd.aout-GENERIC.gz</b>
-Line 996 
 emulated DECstation 3MAX machine:
+Line 943 
 emulated DECstation 3MAX machine:
  <p>
  <ol>
    <li>Download a NetBSD/pmax (DECstation) install RAMDISK kernel:<pre>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/pmax/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</a>
  </pre>
    <p>
    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the disk image
-Line 1004 
 emulated DECstation 3MAX machine:
+Line 951 
 emulated DECstation 3MAX machine:
          <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=nbsd_netwinder.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=999000</b>
  </pre>
-   <li>Download the generic kernel and the 3.0.1 ISO image:<pre>
+   <li>Download the generic kernel and the 3.1 ISO image:<pre>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/netwinder/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0.1/netwinder/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/netwinder/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/netwinder/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz</a>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0.1/netwindercd-3.0.1.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.0.1/netwindercd-3.0.1.iso</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/netwindercd-3.1.iso">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/netwindercd-3.1.iso</a>
  </pre>
    <p>
    <li>Start the emulated DECstation machine like this:<pre>
-         <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_netwinder.img -d netwindercd-3.0.1.iso netbsd-INSTALL.gz</b>
+         <b>gxemul -e 3max -d nbsd_netwinder.img -d netwindercd-3.1.iso netbsd-INSTALL.gz</b>
  </pre>
    <li>At the <tt>Terminal type? [rcons]</tt> prompt, type <b>CTRL-B</b>
-Line 1174 
 system type, and init path.
+Line 1121 
 system type, and init path.
+ <p><br>
+ <a name="netbsddreamcast"></a>
+ <h3>NetBSD/dreamcast:</h3>
+ <font color="#000095">SuperH emulation is very new in GXemul. This is
+ still highly experimental.</font>
+ <p>It is possible to run <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/dreamcast/">NetBSD/dreamcast</a>
+.1 in GXemul. Only enough of the Dreamcast is emulated to let a NetBSD
+ ramdisk kernel reach userland; no network interface is emulated yet, so
+ root-on-nfs is not possible.
+ <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ <a href="20061029-netbsd-dreamcast.png"><img src="20061029-netbsd-dreamcast_small.png"></a>
+ <p>Download the 3.1 kernel and symbols here:<pre>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/dreamcast/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC_MD.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/dreamcast/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC_MD.gz</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/dreamcast/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC_MD.symbols.gz">ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/dreamcast/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC_MD.symbols.gz</a>
+ </pre>
+ <p>Start NetBSD/dreamcast using the following command line:<pre>
+         <b>gxemul -XEdreamcast netbsd-GENERIC_MD.*</b>
+ </pre>
  <p><br>
  <a name="openbsdpmaxinstall"></a>
-Line 1325 
 enter <b><tt>rcons</tt></b> if you are u
+Line 1311 
 enter <b><tt>rcons</tt></b> if you are u
  It is possible to install and run
  <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a>
- in GXemul.
+ in GXemul. Unfortunately, "The OpenBSD/cats port has been discontinued
+ after the 4.0 release." according to
+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cats.html">http://www.openbsd.org/cats.html</a>,
+ but 4.0 should run fine.
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  <a href="20051007-openbsd-cats-installed.png"><img src="20051007-openbsd-cats-installed_small.png"></a>
-Line 1341 
 follow these instructions:
+Line 1330 
 follow these instructions:
  </pre>
    <li>Download the entire cats directory from the ftp server:<pre>
-         <b>wget -np -l 0 -r <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/cats/">ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/cats/</a></b>
+         <b>wget -np -l 0 -r <a href="ftp://ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.0/cats/">ftp://ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.0/cats/</a></b>
-         <b>cp ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/cats/bsd .</b>
+         <b>cp ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.0/cats/bsd .</b>
-         <b>cp ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/cats/bsd.rd .</b>
+         <b>cp ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.0/cats/bsd.rd .</b>
  </pre>
-         (Replace ftp.openbsd.org with a server closer to you, for
+         (Replace ftp.se.openbsd.org with a server closer to you, for
          increased download speed.)
    <p>
    <li>You now need to make an ISO image of the entire directory you downloaded.
          (I recommend using <tt>mkisofs</tt> for that purpose. If you don't
          already have <tt>mkisofs</tt> installed on your system, you need
          to install it in order to do this.)<pre>
-         <b>mkisofs -allow-lowercase -o openbsd_cats_3.9.iso ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/</b>
+         <b>mkisofs -allow-lowercase -o openbsd_cats_4.0.iso ftp.se.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/</b>
-         <b>rm -rf ftp.openbsd.org</b>      <i>(this directory is not needed anymore)</i>
+         <b>rm -rf ftp.se.openbsd.org</b>      <i>(this directory is not needed anymore)</i>
  </pre>
    <li>Start the emulator using this command line:<pre>
-         <b>gxemul -XEcats -d obsd_cats.img -d openbsd_cats_3.9.iso bsd.rd</b>
+         <b>gxemul -XEcats -d obsd_cats.img -d openbsd_cats_4.0.iso bsd.rd</b>
  </pre>
          and proceed like you would do if you were installing OpenBSD
-Line 1440 
 timer related bug, which makes it imposs
+Line 1429 
 timer related bug, which makes it imposs
  triggered when the emulation goes faster than any real DECstation machine
  was capable of running. A temporary workaround is to add
  <b><tt>-I33000000</tt></b> to fix the emulated clock speed to 33 million
- instructions per emulated second. (When using <tt><b>-CR4400</b></tt>,
+ instructions per emulated second.
- <b><tt>-I16000000</tt></b> should be used instead.)
- <p>
+ <p>If the workaround above doesn't work, you can also start up other
- You can experiment with adding <b><tt>-Z2</tt></b> (for emulating a
+ processes on the host, apart from the emulator, so that the emulator runs
+ more slowly. This is an ugly workaround, but seems to work. Once you have
+ logged in into Ultrix, you can kill the extra processes.
+ <p>You can experiment with adding <b><tt>-Z2</tt></b> (for emulating a
  dual-headed workstation) or even <b><tt>-Z3</tt></b> (tripple-headed), and
  also the <b><tt>-Y2</tt></b> option for scaling down the framebuffer
  windows by a factor 2x2.
-Line 1456 
 tripple-headed workstation, on three dif
+Line 1448 
 tripple-headed workstation, on three dif
              -XZ3 -z remote1:0.0 -z localhost:0.0 -z remote2:0.0</b>
  </pre>
- <p>
+ <p>The photo below shows a single Ultrix session running tripple-headed in
- The photo below shows a single Ultrix session running tripple-headed in
  GXemul on an Alpha 21164PC, with displays on a Sun Ultra1 (to the left),
  on the Alpha itself (in the middle), and on an HP700/RX X-terminal (8-bit
  color depth, running off the Alpha) to the right.
- <p>
+ <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  <a href="20041209-ultrix-tripplehead.jpg"><img src="20041209-ultrix-tripplehead_small.jpg"></a>
- <p>
+ <p>The X11 displays may differ in bit depth and endianness. Unfortunately,
- The X11 displays may differ in bit depth and endianness. Unfortunately,
  there is no way yet to set the scaledown factor on a per-window basis, so
  the scaledown factor affects all windows.
- <p>
+ <p>(If you didn't use <tt><b>-Z<i>n</i></b></tt> during the installation, and
- (If you didn't use <tt><b>-Z<i>n</i></b></tt> during the installation, and
  compiled your own <tt>/vmunix</tt>, then it will not contain support for
  multiple graphics cards. To overcome this problem, use the generic kernel,
  <tt><b>-j genvmunix</b></tt>, whenever you are running the emulator with a
  different setup than the one you used when Ultrix was installed.)
- <p>
+ <p>A note for the historically interested: OSF/1 for MIPS was quite similar
- A note for the historically interested: OSF/1 for MIPS was quite similar
  to Ultrix, so that is possible to run as well.  If you are unsuccessful
  in installing Ultrix or OSF/1 directly in the emulator, you can always
  install it on your real machine onto a real SCSI disk, and then copy the
-Line 1560 
 start the X11 environment.
+Line 1547 
 start the X11 environment.
  <h3>Debian GNU/Linux for DECstation:</h3>
  It is possible to run Debian GNU/Linux for DECstation in the emulator,
- on an emulated 5000/200 ("3max"). Although the Debian project has released
+ on an emulated 5000/200 ("3max"). However, just choosing any
- install ramdisk kernels for this purpose, these do not always work:
+ Linux/DECstation kernel at random for the installation will not work.
- <ul>
-   <li>Serial console output doesn't work too well in GXemul. Linux
+ <p><ul>
-         oopses randomly, which may be due to bugs in GXemul, but may
+   <li>Linux 2.4/DECstation DZ serial console output doesn't work too well in
-         also be due to bugs in the serial controller code in Linux.
+         GXemul. Linux oopses randomly, which may be due to bugs in GXemul,
+         but may also be due to bugs in the serial controller code in Linux.
          (The speed at which serial interrupts are generated can be
          lowered with the <tt>-U</tt> command line option, but it only
          reduces the risk, it doesn't take away the oopses completely.)
-   <li>Old install kernels supported the graphical framebuffer on the
+   <li>The Linux 2.6/DECstation DZ serial console driver doesn't work at
-max, but not the keyboard.
+         all in the emulator, and I'm not really sure it would work on a
-   <li>For quite some time, the MIPS linux cvs tree had support for the
+         real 5000/200 either. Hopefully this will be fixed in Linux in
-         keyboard, but it did <i>not</i> include Debian's patches for
+         the future.
-         networking. (Perhaps this has been fixed now, I don't know.)
+   <li>To get around the serial console problem, the obvious solution is to
+         use a graphical framebuffer instead. Old Debian install kernels
+         supported the graphical framebuffer on the 3max, but not the
+         keyboard. (This has been fixed now, it seems.)
+   <li>For quite some time, the MIPS linux cvs tree has had support for the
+         framebuffer and keyboard, but it did not include Debian's
+         patches for networking, which made it unusable for network
+         installs. (Possibly fixed now.)
+   <li>The kernel has to be for 5000/200. This rules out using
+         the default kernel on netinst ISO images provided by Debian.
+         These ISO images boot directly into a kernel which is meant
+         for a different DECstation model.
+   <li>The kernel has to have an initrd which more or less matches the
+         version of Debian that will be installed.
  </ul>
- <p>David Muse has made available a precompiled install kernel which
+ <p>Luckily, a precompiled install kernel has been made available by David
- has support for framebuffer, keyboard, and networking, which works
+ Muse, for Debian for R3000 DECstations, which has support for framebuffer,
- pretty well. Thanks David. :-)
+ keyboard, and networking, which works pretty well. Thanks David. :-)
- <p>
+ <p>The following steps should let you install Debian GNU/Linux for
- The following steps should let you install Debian GNU/Linux for DECstation
+ DECstation onto a harddisk image in the emulator:
- onto a harddisk image:
  <p>
  <ol>
    <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the root disk
          that Debian installs itself onto:<pre>
-         <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=debian_pmax.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=3300000</b>
+         <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=debian_pmax.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=6000000</b>
  </pre>
    <li>Download David Muse' install kernel, and a Debian Netinstall CD-ROM:<pre>
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 onto a harddisk image:
          <p>The post-install step takes quite some time as well. A perfect opportunity
          for more coffee.
+         <p>When asked about whether the hardware clock is set to GMT or
+         not, answer Yes.
          <p>When asked about "Apt configuration", choose <b>http</b> as the method
          to use for accessing the Debian archive.
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 The following steps should let you run R
+Line 1700 
 The following steps should let you run R
  </pre>
    <li>Download a root filesystem tree:<pre>
-         <a href="ftp://ftp.uni-wuppertal.de/pub/linux/mips/mipsel-linux/root/mipsel-root-20011216.tgz">ftp://ftp.uni-wuppertal.de/pub/linux/mips/</a>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/mipsel-linux/root/mipsel-root-20011216.tgz">ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/mipsel-linux/root/mipsel-root-20011216.tgz</a>
-          <a href="ftp://ftp.uni-wuppertal.de/pub/linux/mips/mipsel-linux/root/mipsel-root-20011216.tgz">mipsel-linux/root/mipsel-root-20011216.tgz</a>
          19486676 bytes, md5 = 5bcb725c90209479cd7ead8ad0c4a414
  </pre>
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 client. Performing this setup is quite t
+Line 1857 
 client. Performing this setup is quite t
  <ol>
    <li>First of all, the "<tt>nfs server</tt>" machine must be set up.
          This needs to have a 800 MB <tt>/tftpboot</tt> partition.
-         <a href="#netbsdpmaxinstall">Install NetBSD/pmax 3.0.1 from CDROM</a>.
+         <a href="#netbsdpmaxinstall">Install NetBSD/pmax 3.1 from CDROM</a>.
          (Don't forget to add the extra partition!)
    <p>
    <li>Configure the nfs server machine to act as an nfs server.
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 fdisk and mke2fs, which are useful for c
+Line 2137 
 fdisk and mke2fs, which are useful for c
+ <!--
+ <p><br>
+ <a name="linux_malta"></a>
+ <h3>Linux/Malta:</h3>
+ <p>The Malta emulation mode is best suited for running <a
+ href="#netbsdevbmipsinstall">NetBSD/evbmips</a>, however, it is possible
+ to experiment with Linux/Malta as well.
+ <p>The general idea behind Linux/Malta seems to be that the end user
+ always compiles his/her own kernel, applies patches, downloads
+ userland separately, etc. For that reason, Linux/Malta support in the
+ emulator is not tested for every release (sometimes it works, sometimes it
+ doesn't work), and these instructions are kind of "fuzzy".
+ <p><ol start="1">
+   <li>Create an empty harddisk image, which will be the root disk
+         that Linux/Malta will be installed onto:<pre>
+         <b>dd if=/dev/zero of=linux.img bs=1024 count=1 seek=5000000</b>
+ </pre>
+   <li>Download a MIPS root filesystem tree:<pre>
+         <a href="ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/mipsel-linux/root/mipsel-root-20011216.tgz">ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/mipsel-linux/root/mipsel-root-20011216.tgz</a>
+         19486676 bytes, md5 = 5bcb725c90209479cd7ead8ad0c4a414
+ </pre>
+         This is an old Redhat tree from 2001, but it seems to almost work.
+   <p>
+   <li>Download one precompiled Malta kernel, with ramdisk,
+         and one without ramdisk (which will be used later on
+         when booting from disk):<pre>
+         TODO
+ </pre>
+   <li>Start the emulator with the ramdisk kernel, create a MS-DOS style
+         MBR on the disk, create the filesystem, and extract the
+         userland files:<pre>
+         <b>gunzip vmlinux_2.*
+         gunzip mipsel-root-20011216.tar
+         gxemul -xemalta -d linux.img -d mipsel-root-20011216.tar vmlinux_2.4.33.2-ide-pci-ramdisk.elf</b>
+         Inside GXemul: Log in as root and execute the following commands:
+         <b>fdisk /dev/hda</b>
+         (enter suitable commands, e.g. <b>n, p, 1, 1, 9921, w</b>)
+         <b>mkfs /dev/hda1
+         mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
+         cd /mnt; tar -xf /dev/hdb; cd ..
+         umount /mnt; sync; reboot</b>
+ </pre>
+ </ol>
+ <p>It should now be possible to boot from the disk image, using the
+ following command:
+ <p><pre>
+ <b>     gxemul -xemalta -d linux.img -o "root=/dev/hda1 rw" vmlinux_2.6.18-rc4-ide-pci-novty.elf</b>
+ </pre>
+ <p>There's a slight problem with this specific Redhat tree, so when you
+ see the message "Configuring kernel parameters:  [  OK  ]", press CTRL-C
+ once.
+ -->
  <p><br>
  <a name="linux_qemu_mips"></a>
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 ramdisk kernel:
+Line 2233 
 ramdisk kernel:
  href="http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-doc.html">http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-doc.html</a>.
  Sometimes QEMU is faster than GXemul, sometimes it is the other way
  around. A quick (and quite unfair) test on my laptop (1.8 GHz Turion ML32,
- I think, in AMD64 mode) comparing QEMU 0.8.1 installed as a binary package
+ in AMD64 mode) comparing QEMU 0.8.2 (installed from FreeBSD ports)
- from FreeBSD ports with GXemul gave the following result:
+ with GXemul gave the following result:
  <p><pre>
          <b>while true; do ls -l > /dev/null; echo -n .; done</b>
          (80 x 36 dots)
-         QEMU 0.8.1:       13 min 48 sec
+         QEMU 0.8.2:       13 min 52 sec
          GXemul 0.4.2:      4 min 31 sec
          <b>while true; do /usr/bin/md5sum /usr/bin/* > /dev/null; echo -n .; done</b>
          (80 dots)
-         QEMU 0.8.1:        2 min  9 sec
+         QEMU 0.8.2:        2 min  8 sec
          GXemul 0.4.2:      5 min 18 sec
          <b>while true; do grep hej lib/libtextwrap.so.1 > /dev/null; echo -n .; done</b>
          (80 dots)
-         QEMU 0.8.1:       10 min  5 sec
+         QEMU 0.8.2:        9 min 57 sec
          GXemul 0.4.2:      1 min 36 sec
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