Did you install using sysinst?
	Did it come up to a login prompt?
	It sounds like you may e stuck in single user mode.
	http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/misc/#why-single-user

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On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Thomas Mueller wrote:

> I finally installed NetBSD 1.5.2 base system from CD on the new computer, but it
> seems to be more barebones than anticipated.  Some things I know were in the
> base system, from downloading 1.5.1 and seeing what was in FTP directories for
> 1.5.2, didn't install.  No "which", no "man", no "du". no X, no vi or nvi, no
> manpages, no documentation, no pkgsrc or other pkg*, so no way to install
> packages (like having a lot of nails and screws but no hammer or screwdriver).
> Only editor I found was ed.  I thought sysinst would install the entire base
> package plus X if desired, and I most certainly want X.  Maybe sysinst installed
> only base.tgz and kern.tgz, and I have to install the rest by tar xzvf xxxx.tgz,
> replacing xxxx in turn by each of the installation sets not already installed.
> Of course I would have to mount the CD and prefix xxxx.tgz with the path.
>
> I booted from the CD without using the floppy (3.5", 1.44 MB) drive.  This is
> better than I achieved on the old computer, Cx486DX2-S at 66 MHz, where NetBSD
> never got through the boot process from diskettes or DOSBOOT, CD-ROM not
> bootable.
>
> Computer is Athlon 1300 MHz, 40 GB hard disk, NetBSD partition is primary, aboutt
> 7 GB.  CD drive is Plextor CD-RW.
>
> Next step is to install Slackware 8.0 (Linux) so I have something that works,
> including LILO, which I believe would be the best boot selector for a system
> that includes DR-DOS 7.03 (primary partition), Linux (logical partitions),
> NetBSD (primary partition), and I was going to include OpenBSD, but that gave me
> "pckbd: command timeout" and hung after I responded to the opening menu
> following CD boot.
>