Hi,

> I've read through INSTALL about 100 times and checked the FAQ, but I 
> can't get NetBSD 1.0 installed on my system.
                   ^^^
 
> The problem is that after I start the installation program, it can't find 
> my root device.  I have checked the HDToolbox setup many, many times, and 
> it is exactly as how INSTALL specifies it (I think :)
> 
> I have an Amiga 500 & GVP A530 accellerator/hard drive (series II 
                            ^^^^

The A530 isn't supported in 1.0 only in NetBSD-cuurent, so you need to
grab gvpbusvar.h and gvpbus.c from current and change it for 1.0
You need to add this to gvpbus.c:
 case GVP_A530_SCSI:
and this to gvpbusvar.h:
 GVP_A530 = 0xc0,
 GVP_A530_SCSI = 0xd0,

Bernd