Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

> In message <djpi7f$uah$1@sea.gmane.org>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane?=
> Witzmann w r
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>>A few builds and reboots later... I was wrong again. What makes it work is
>>just *luck*. The best (and only) fix I have found so far : reboot until it
>>works.
>>
> Sounds like an initialization problem.  What happens if you first boot
> some other OS, then warm-boot into NetBSD?
> 
> --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

It seems that my system doesn't like warm boots at all... but yes, the one
time the hot reboot from Knoppix to NetBSD worked, the card sounded right.
It also seems that the cooler the boot, the better it works.