Article 155770 of comp.os.vms:
[Justin Ryan]


> 1) How can I boot a new OS on a VAXserver 3100?

It's either a MicroVAX 3100 or a VAXstation 3100 -- the latter if it
has a graphics console, the former if it uses a console terminal.

> 2) What OS can I can I put on it?

Ultrix, VMS, NetBSD, possibly others.  NetBSD is a free 4.4BSD.  Check
out http://www.netbsd.org/ for more information -- but beware; the web
pages are probably not updated with the latest information about VAX
support, and the 3100 probably isn't supported in 1.2, due out any day
now, but _is_ supported in "NetBSD-current" after the release.

> I would like to know if MIPS linux would run on it.

No.  I didn't know they'd ported Linux to the MIPS, but anyway, VAXen
use VAX CPUs, not MIPS.  DECsystem and DECstation machines use MIPS
CPUs, and run Ultrix or NetBSD -- or Linux, apparently.

-tih
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