The following reply was made to PR port-i386/36901; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Juan RP <juan@xtrarom.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: ross.p.barnes@gmail.com
Subject: Re: port-i386/36901: NetBSD 4.0 RC1 crash on install - Lenovo 3000
 N100 Intel T2300 i386
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:03:29 +0200

 On Tue,  4 Sep 2007 19:00:01 +0000 (UTC)
 ross.p.barnes@gmail.com wrote:
 
 > >Environment:
 > Intel T2300 Lenovo 3000 N100 laptop. Sorry, I do not have the "uname
 > -a" output available.
 > >Description:
 > I attempted to install NetBSD 4.0 RC 1 on a spare hard drive for my
 > laptop. NetBSD crashed upon CD bootup. I did boot up with the 3.1 CD
 > and successfully installed the 4.0 sets. Just thought I would mention
 > this.
 
 Try disabling ACPI:
 
  - stop the countdown in the bootloader
  - disable acpi
  - quit
 
 and select the GENERIC.NOACPI kernel in sysinst.
 
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