> I'm ftping across a 1.1 distribution as I type to see if that might fix it,
> but still, it *should* work with 1.2, shouldn't it? The symptom is that the
> kernel gives the copyright UC regents message and then just hangs. This
> happens with the 1.2 distribution kernel as well as both #32 kernels on the
> snapshot section of ftp.netbsd.org; the #36 kernels in the same place panic
> with a VM-related message.

There's a bug in the latest booters that is being worked on. Use a booter
earlier than 1.10 like 1.9 or so. I think 1.9.5 also works. Something
about the IIvx doesn't like the latest booters for some reason.