I'm trying to install NetBSD 3.1 on an API Networks CS20. I'm installing
from CD, but when the installer starts exploding base.tgz, the kernel(?)
faults, leaving me at a db> prompt.

I'm not that familiar with NetBSD, so I'll assume this is the kernel
debugger. I couldn't get a backtrace out of it, but I poked around a bit
(output below) looking for what might be useful information.

Could the cause of this be fixed in -current? Is there a way to install
-current directly, from CD or via netboot?

thanks,
john


     Status: Running
    Command: progress -zf /mnt2//alpha/binary/sets/base.tgz tar --chroot -xhepf -

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18% |******                               | 16228 KB    3.95 MB/s    00:17 ETA
Stopped in pid 49.1 (tar) at    0xfffffc00005bb750:     ret     zero,(ra)
db> bt
db> trace
db> ps
 PID           PPID     PGRP        UID S   FLAGS LWPS          COMMAND    WAIT 
>49              45       45          0 2  0x4002    1              tar          
 46              45       45          0 2  0x4002    1             gzip   netio 
 45              16       45          0 2  0x4002    1         progress   netio 
 16               9       16          0 2  0x4002    1          sysinst         
 9                1        9          0 2  0x4002    1               sh    wait 
 8                0        0          0 2 0x20200    1         aiodoned aiodone 
 7                0        0          0 2 0x20200    1          ioflush  syncer 
 6                0        0          0 2 0x20200    1       pagedaemon pgdaemo 
 5                0        0          0 2 0x20200    1        atapibus0  sccomp 
 4                0        0          0 2 0x20200    1          atabus1   atath 
 3                0        0          0 2 0x20200    1          atabus0   atath 
 2                0        0          0 2 0x20200    1         scsibus0  sccomp 
 1                0        1          0 2  0x4000    1             init    wait 
 0               -1        0          0 2 0x20200    1          swapper schedul 
db> show registers
v0          0x6
t0          0x1
t1          0x1063
t2          0xfffffc007fffa000
t3          0xfffffc007fffb082
t4          0xfffffc007fffa000
t5          0x1063
t6          0x1
t7          0x5a0
s0          0x100
s1          0xfffffc0000b4f540
s2          0xfffffe0000133800
s3          0x259e81
s4          0xfffffe001d905bf8
s5          0xfffffc007c83a6d0
s6          0xfffffc00005e574c
a0          0
a1          0xfffffd01fc0003f8
a2          0
a3          0x8
a4          0x3
a5          0x8
t8          0x4000
t9          0xfffffc0000417c6c
t10         0x259e81
t11         0x80
ra          0xfffffc0000466618
t12         0xfffffc00005bb74c
at          0xfffffe001d902000
gp          0xfffffc0000b4b7e0
sp          0xfffffe001d905b08
pc          0xfffffc00005bb750
ps          0
ai          0x80
pv          0xfffffc00005bb74c
0xfffffc00005bb750:     ret     zero,(ra)                                       

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