Below is a boot from boot[1|2] floppy images captured via serial console (null 
modem cable to my laptop)
Note the ps and trace output.  Let me know if you need more info:

> boot
booting fd0a:netbsd
3207712-
Please remove disk 1, insert disk 2, and press return...
+2144868+164800=0x5441b8
[ netbsd ELF symbol table not valid ]
[ netbsd a.out symbol table not valid ]
[ no symbol table formats found ]
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.6.1 (INSTALL) #0: Tue Apr  8 12:46:48 UTC 2003
    
autobuild@tgm.daemon.org:/autobuild/netbsd-1-6/i386/OBJ/autobuild/netbsd-1-6
/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/INSTALL
cpu0: Intel Pentium II/Celeron (Deschutes) (686-class), 398.83 MHz
cpu0: I-cache 16 KB 32b/line 4-way, D-cache 16 KB 32b/line 2-way
cpu0: L2 cache 512 KB 32b/line 4-way
cpu0: features 183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR>
cpu0: features 183fbff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,FGPAT,PSE36,MMX>
cpu0: features 183fbff<FXSR>
total memory = 511 MB
avail memory = 469 MB
using 6144 buffers containing 26296 KB of memory
BIOS32 rev. 0 found at 0xf0000
mainbus0 (root)
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
pchb0: vendor 0x8086 product 0x7192 (rev. 0x02)
pchb0: fixing Idle/Pipeline DRAM Leadoff Timing
siop0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c875 (ultra-wide scsi)
siop0: using on-board RAM
siop0: interrupting at irq 5
scsibus0 at siop0: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
siop1 at pci0 dev 6 function 1: Symbios Logic 53c875 (ultra-wide scsi)
siop1: using on-board RAM
siop1: interrupting at irq 10
scsibus1 at siop1: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
tl0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0
tl0: Compaq ProLiant Integrated Netelligent 10/100 TX
tl0: Ethernet address 00:50:8b:2d:86:10
tl0: interrupting at irq 11
lxtphy0 at tl0 phy 1: LXT970 10/100 media interface, rev. 3
lxtphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
tlphy0 at tl0 phy 31: ThunderLAN 10BASE-T media interface, rev. 5
tlphy0: 10base2
vga1 at pci0 dev 8 function 0: vendor 0x1002 product 0x4756 (rev. 0x7a)
wsdisplay0 at vga1 kbdmux 1
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
vendor 0x0e11 product 0xa0f0 (miscellaneous system) at pci0 dev 9 function 0 
not
 configured
ppb0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0: vendor 0x1011 product 0x0024 (rev. 0x03)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
tlp0 at pci1 dev 4 function 0: DECchip 21140A Ethernet, pass 2.2
tlp0: interrupting at irq 15
tlp0: Ethernet address 00:e0:29:4d:c0:8d
nsphy0 at tlp0 phy 3: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
tlp1 at pci1 dev 5 function 0: DECchip 21140A Ethernet, pass 2.2
tlp1: interrupting at irq 11
tlp1: Ethernet address 00:e0:29:4d:c0:8e
nsphy1 at tlp1 phy 3: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
nsphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
ppb1 at pci0 dev 15 function 0: vendor 0x104c product 0xac23 (rev. 0x02)
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
pci2: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
vendor 0x1033 product 0x00cd (Firewire serial bus, interface 0x10, revision 
0x03
) at pci2 dev 4 function 0 not configured
ohci0 at pci2 dev 9 function 0: vendor 0x1045 product 0xc861 (rev. 0x10)
ohci0: interrupting at irq 11
ohci0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: vendor 0x1045 OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
pcib0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0
pcib0: vendor 0x8086 product 0x7110 (rev. 0x02)
pciide0 at pci0 dev 20 function 1: Intel 82371AB IDE controller (PIIX4) (rev. 
0x
01)
pciide0: bus-master DMA support present
pciide0: primary channel wired to compatibility mode
atapibus0 at pciide0 channel 0: 2 targets
cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <CD-224E, , 9.0B> type 5 cdrom removable
cd0: 32-bit data port
cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
pciide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
cd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
pciide0: secondary channel wired to compatibility mode
pciide0: secondary channel ignored (disabled)
uhci0 at pci0 dev 20 function 2: vendor 0x8086 product 0x7112 (rev. 0x01)
uhci0: can't map i/o space
vendor 0x8086 product 0x7113 (miscellaneous bridge, revision 0x02) at pci0 dev 
2
0 function 3 not configured
isa0 at pcib0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
com1: console
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0 mux 1
wskbd0: connecting to wsdisplay0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
isapnp0 at isa0 port 0x279: ISA Plug 'n Play device support
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
isapnp0: no ISA Plug 'n Play devices found
biomask 7fe5 netmask ffe5 ttymask ffe7
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <COMPAQ, DGHS09Y, 03F1> SCSI3 0/direct fixed
sd0: 8678 MB, 8152 cyl, 10 head, 218 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 17773500 sectors
sd0: sync (50.0ns offset 15), 16-bit (40.000MB/s) transfers, tagged queueing
sd1 at scsibus0 target 1 lun 0: <HP, 9.10GB A 80-SA40, SA40> SCSI2 0/direct 
fixe
d
sd1: 8678 MB, 11474 cyl, 5 head, 309 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 17773524 sectors
sd1: sync (50.0ns offset 16), 16-bit (40.000MB/s) transfers, tagged queueing
sd2 at scsibus0 target 2 lun 0: <COMPAQ, HB00931B93, A195> SCSI2 0/direct 
fixed
sd2: 8678 MB, 5273 cyl, 20 head, 168 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 17773500 sectors
sd2: sync (50.0ns offset 16), 16-bit (40.000MB/s) transfers, tagged queueing
scsibus1: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
md0: internal 2048 KB image area
sd0: no disk label
sd1: no disk label
sd2: no disk label
boot device: fd0
root on md0a dumps on md0b
root file system type: ffs
warning: no /dev/console
init: Creating mfs /dev
NMI ... going to debugger
Stopped in pid 2557 (chgrp) at  0xc02788d4:     repe movsl      
(%esi),%es:(%edi
)
db> ps
 PID             PPID       PGRP        UID S   FLAGS          COMMAND    WAIT
>2557              13          1          0 7  0x4004            chgrp
 13                 1          1          0 3  0x4084               sh    wait
 12                 1         12          0 3    0x84        mount_mfs  mfsidl
 10                 0          0          0 3 0x20204         aiodoned aiodone
 9                  0          0          0 3 0x20204          ioflush  syncer
 8                  0          0          0 3 0x20204           reaper  reaper
 7                  0          0          0 3 0x20204       pagedaemon pgdaemo
 6                  0          0          0 3 0x20204        atapibus0  sccomp
 5                  0          0          0 3 0x20204          usbtask  usbtsk
 4                  0          0          0 3 0x20204             usb0  usbevt
 3                  0          0          0 3 0x20204         scsibus1  sccomp
 2                  0          0          0 3 0x20204         scsibus0  sccomp
 1                  0          1          0 3  0x4084             init    wait
 0                 -1          0          0 3 0x20204          swapper schedul
db> trace
(null)(2c92000,10002000,e314bf50,c02621c2,0) at 0xc02788d4
(null)(c06fe3d4,c09ad694,0,c0262199) at 0xc026927e
(null)(e3123234,81d9000,0,2,81126e1) at 0xc026226b
(null)(1f,1f,1f,1f,bfbfdc48) at 0xc027b394

>===== Original Message From Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk> =====
>On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 09:02:04AM -0500, gemorga2 wrote:
>> I've been making my rounds through the open source unix-like OSes on a
>> recently purchased used Compaq Proliant 1850R server with little success.
>> Since NetBSD supports SMP on i386 I was hoping to have more luck with it.
>
>What happened? Does it boot?

George Morgan