Thanks for your replies!

The only thing I could think of is that perhaps the laptop I was using to netboot from went to sleep or something in the middle of the install -- I had just started it and walked away.  Or, that image was poorly burnt perhaps.

To remedy, I happened upon my original 1.6.1 rescue disk and (with the laptop plugged in this time) netbooted from there.

Aaron -- thanks for the reminder on how to setup the ethernet quickly.  I had forgotten.

KP -- yes, it's 64Mb in there -- although I wish it were more.  I'm just not at liberty to pay that kind of money to upgrade a system that is more of a toy for me than anything.  But with more RAM and a larger HD I could do more with it, no doubt!

Andy -- what is the cheapest way to get serial access to the RAQ2?  I have an iBook and a Tungsten C; which would offer the best/easiest/cheapest way with the proper connection?

What is the route to updating to 1.6.2 from this fresh install?  What would it benefit?

Thanks again!

KJ

> Kevin
> You really need access to the console via serial port.  Are you sure you
> have 64Mb?  Machines with only 16Mb halt in this fashion and need to be
> booted from the console.
> Keep us informed of your progress!
> KP
> 
> Kevin Jordan wrote:
> 
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I have a situation where I am looking to do a full reinstall and -- using
> >this restore CD: http://only.mawhrin.net/~cdi/netbsd/cobalt/image.iso.gz --
> >can get the RAQ 2 to go through the entire cycle, reboot, but then it just
> >sits at "Starting up..." and goes no further.  I don't have access to the
> >serial connection and have no idea what's going on.
> >
> >Any suggestions?  The box had 1.6.1 on it before and had no problems... That
> >is until I removed the /usr/pkg directory!  64MB RAM, 8GB HD.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >KJ
> >
> >
> >
> >