Paul Goyette wrote:

>How are you "rebooting" the system?
>
>If you just press the reboot button, then NetBSD doesn't have a
>chance to update the directories on disk...  Use "shutdown -r
>now" or "reboot" commands!

I type:

shutdown now

and wait until it is done (asks me for a shell or CR)
Then I hit the power button on the back of the machine, then the start
button on the keyboard.

Dan Killoran