> Roman Kennke wrote:
>> >what does 'tr' tell you at this point ?
>
>> Can I dump the output to disk (fd)? I do not want to write _this_
>> manually ;-)
>
> You could boot from the install CD and abort the boot countdown by
> hitting some key other than enter. If you then enter "boot -a",

Thanks alot. This helped me get my system up and running. I copied the
GENERIC_LAPTOP kernel on my hd and this boots fine.
One other thing: the kernel always steps down the hd and cdrom from UDMA2
(which my drives and controller should do) to PIO4. This is annoying,
because it takes some time and slows down the box. I know that DMA works
for both the DVD drive and HD, but I also know that this is tricky. In
Linux only kernels 2.4.19 to 2.4.22 enable DMA on the DVD, HD works also
with other kernels. FreeBSD does only enable DMA on the HD. Good points
for NetBSD: it does not lock up, when trying DMA, like Linux and FreeBSD
do! It would still be better to have DMA. Is there a way to get this
working? Should I try a -current kernel or some of the current code?
Cheers, Roman