>
>
>This begs the question of what options you have enabled ...

and heres the answer:
#	$NetBSD: GENERIC,v 1.102.2.4 2001/05/01 15:50:07 he Exp $
#
# GENERIC

include	"arch/mac68k/conf/std.mac68k"

#ident		"GENERIC-$Revision: 1.102.2.4 $"

maxusers	16		# estimated number of users

# CPU support.  At least one is REQUIRED.
options	M68040
#options	M68030
#options	M68020		# Note:  must have 68851 PMMU

# CPU-related options.
options	FPSP
#options	FPU_EMULATE

# Standard system options

#options	UCONSOLE	# users can use TIOCCONS (for xconsole)
#options	INSECURE	# disable kernel security levels

options	RTC_OFFSET=0	# hardware clock is this many mins. west of GMT
options	NTP		# NTP phase/frequency locked loop

options	KTRACE		# system call tracing via ktrace(1)

#options	SYSVMSG		# System V-like message queues
#options	SYSVSEM		# System V-like semaphores
#options	SYSVSHM		# System V-like memory sharing
#options	SHMMAXPGS=1024	# 1024 pages is the default

#options	LKM		# loadable kernel modules

# Diagnostic/debugging support options
options	DIAGNOSTIC	# cheap kernel consistency checks
#options	DEBUG		# expensive debugging checks/support
#options	KMEMSTATS	# kernel memory statistics (vmstat -m)
#options	DDB		# in-kernel debugger
#options	DDB_HISTORY_SIZE=100	# enable history editing in DDB
#options	KGDB		# remote debugger
#options	KGDBDEV=0xc01	# kgdb device number (dev_t)
#options	KGDBRATE=38400	# baud rate
#makeoptions	DEBUG="-g"	# compile full symbol table

# Compatibility options
#options	COMPAT_NOMID	# compatibility with 386BSD, BSDI, NetBSD 0.8,
#options	COMPAT_09	# NetBSD 0.9,
options	COMPAT_10	# NetBSD 1.0,
options	COMPAT_11	# NetBSD 1.1,
options	COMPAT_12	# NetBSD 1.2,
options	COMPAT_13	# NetBSD 1.3,
options	COMPAT_14	# NetBSD 1.4,
options	COMPAT_43	# and 4.3BSD

#options	COMPAT_SUNOS	# compatibility with SunOS 4.x binaries
#options	COMPAT_SVR4	# compatibility with SVR4 binaries
#options	COMPAT_M68K4K	# compatibility with NetBSD/m68k4k binaries
#options	COMPAT_LINUX	# compatibility with Linux/m68k binaries
#options	EXEC_ELF32	# 32-bit ELF executables (Linux, SVR4)

# File systems
file-system	FFS		# UFS
#file-system	EXT2FS		# second extended file system (linux)
#file-system	LFS		# log-structured file system
file-system	MFS		# memory file system
#file-system	NFS		# Network File System client
file-system	CD9660		# ISO 9660 + Rock Ridge file system
file-system	MSDOSFS		# MS-DOS file system
file-system	FDESC		# /dev/fd
#file-system	KERNFS		# /kern
#file-system	NULLFS		# loopback file system
#file-system	OVERLAY		# overlay file system
#file-system	PORTAL		# portal filesystem (still experimental)
#file-system	PROCFS		# /proc
#file-system	UMAPFS		# NULLFS + uid and gid remapping
#file-system	UNION		# union file system
#file-system	CODA		# Venus/Coda distributed file system

# File system options
#options	QUOTA		# UFS quotas
#options	FFS_EI		# FFS Endian Independant support
options	SOFTDEP		# FFS soft updates support.
#options	NFSSERVER	# Network File System server
#options	EXT2FS_SYSTEM_FLAGS # makes ext2fs file flags (append and
				# immutable) behave as system flags.

# Networking options
options	GATEWAY		# packet forwarding
options	INET		# IP + ICMP + TCP + UDP
options	INET6		# IPV6
options	IPSEC		# IP security
options	IPSEC_ESP	# IP security (encryption part; define w/IPSEC)
options	IPSEC_DEBUG	# debug for IP security
#options	MROUTING	# IP multicast routing
#options	NS		# XNS
#options	NSIP		# XNS tunneling over IP
#options	ISO,TPIP	# OSI
#options	EON		# OSI tunneling over IP
#options	CCITT,LLC,HDLC	# X.25
#options	NETATALK	# AppleTalk networking protocols
#options	PPP_BSDCOMP	# BSD-Compress compression support for PPP
#options	PPP_DEFLATE	# Deflate compression support for PPP
#options	PPP_FILTER	# Active filter support for PPP (requires bpf)
options	PFIL_HOOKS	# pfil(9) packet filter hooks
options	IPFILTER_LOG	# ipmon(8) log support

options		IPFORWSRCRT=0

# Compatibility with 4.2BSD implementation of TCP/IP.  Not recommended.
#options	TCP_COMPAT_42

# These options enable verbose messages for several subsystems.
# Warning, these may compile large string tables into the kernel!
options	SCSIVERBOSE	# human readable SCSI error messages

# wscons options
#options	WSEMUL_SUN		# sun terminal emulation
options	WSEMUL_VT100		# VT100 / VT220 emulation
options	WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_ITEFONT # use ite font (6x10)

# rcons options; note that 1-bit and 8-bit displays are supported by default.
#options	RCONS_2BPP		# Support for 2-bit display
#options	RCONS_4BPP		# Support for 4-bit display
#options	RCONS_16BPP		# Support for 16-bit display

# Mac-specific options
#options	ALTXBUTTONS	# Map Opt-{1,2,3} to mouse buttons
#options	DISABLE_EXT_CACHE # If really paranoid, disable IIci ext. cache
options	GRF_COMPAT	# Include grf compatibility code
#options	MRG_ADB		# Use ROM-based ADB driver
options	ZS_CONSOLE_ABORT

#options	NFS_BOOT_DHCP

# Kernel root file system and dump configuration.
config		netbsd	root on ? type ?

#
# Device configuration
#

mainbus0 at root

fpu0 at mainbus?			# Floating-Point Coprocessor support


# Basic Bus Support

# On-board I/O bus support
obio0 at mainbus?

# NuBus support
nubus0 at mainbus?


# Console Devices

# Apple Desktop Bus interface
adb0	at obio?
aed*	at adb?				# ADB event device
akbd*	at adb?				# ADB keyboard
ams*	at adb?				# ADB mouse

# Basic frame buffer support
intvid0	at obio?			# Internal video hardware
#macvid*	at nubus?			# NuBus video card

# Device-independent frame buffer interface
macfb*	at intvid?
#macfb*	at macvid?

# Workstation Console devices
wsdisplay* at macfb? console ?
wskbd*	at akbd? console ?
wsmouse* at ams?


# Serial Devices

# On-board serial interface
zsc0	at obio?
zstty*	at zsc? channel ?


# SCSI Controllers and Devices

# SCSI controllers
# XXX - use only one of ncrscsi or sbc
#ncrscsi0 at obio?			# SCSI NCR 5380
#sbc0	at obio? flags 0x1		# MI SCSI NCR 5380
esp0	at obio?			# SCSI NCR 53C9x
#esp1	at obio?			# SCSI NCR 53C9x

# SCSI bus support
scsibus* at scsi?

# SCSI devices
sd*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI disk drives
#st*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI tape drives
#cd*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI CD-ROM drives
#ch*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI autochangers
#se*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI ethernet
#ss*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI scanners
uk*	at scsibus? target ? lun ?	# SCSI unknown


# Miscellaneous mass storage devices

# IWM floppy disk controller
iwm0	at obio?			# Sony driver (800K GCR)
fd*	at iwm? drive ?


# Network Interfaces

# On-board Ethernet controllers
sn*	at obio?			# SONIC-based (DP83932, DP83916)
#mc*	at obio?			# MACE-based

# NuBus Ethernet controllers
ae*	at nubus?			# DP8390-based
#sn*	at nubus?			# SONIC-based (DP83932, DP83916)
#sm*	at nubus?			# SMC 91cxx-based

#nsphy*	at mii? phy ?
#ukphy*	at mii? phy ?

# Audio Devices

# On-board audio hardware
asc0	at obio?			# ASC/EASC audio

# Pseudo-Devices

# disk/mass storage pseudo-devices
pseudo-device	ccd		4	# concatenated/striped disk devices
#pseudo-device	raid		4	# RAIDframe disk driver
#options	RAID_AUTOCONFIG		# auto-configuration of RAID components
pseudo-device	md		1	# memory disk device (ramdisk)
#pseudo-device	vcoda		1	# Venus/Coda distributed file system
pseudo-device	vnd		4	# disk-like interface to files

# network pseudo-devices
pseudo-device	bpfilter	12	# Berkeley packet filter
pseudo-device	ipfilter		# IP filter (firewall) and NAT
pseudo-device	loop			# network loopback
#pseudo-device	ppp		2	# Point-to-Point Protocol
#pseudo-device	sl		2	# Serial Line IP
#pseudo-device	strip		2	# Starmode Radio IP (Metricom)
#pseudo-device	tun		2	# network tunneling over tty
#pseudo-device	gre		2	# generic L3 over IP tunnel
#pseudo-device	gif		4	# IPv[46] over IPv[46] tunnel (RFC1933)
#pseudo-device	faith		1	# IPv[46] tcp relay translation i/f
#pseudo-device	stf		1	# 6to4 IPv6 over IPv4 encapsulation
#pseudo-device	vlan			# IEEE 802.1q encapsulation

# miscellaneous pseudo-devices
pseudo-device	grf		2	# grf emulation for wscons
pseudo-device	ite		1	# ite emulation for wscons
pseudo-device	pty		64	# pseudo-terminals
#pseudo-device	tb		1	# tablet line discipline

# random number generator pseudo-device
pseudo-device	rnd			# /dev/random and in-kernel generator
#options	RND_COM			# use "com" randomness as well (BROKEN)

>
>>  second, the problem seems to appear somewhere between -start loading
>>  the kernel into memory- and -start the bootprocess-, which would be
>>  task of the booter app, but then again, if the booter is the problem,
>>  how can it be affected by the kernel configuration?
>
>... and what version of the Booter and kernel you're using.

kernel 1.5.2
booter 1.11.3 from eric winkler;
I have this combination (custom 1.5.2 - booter 1.11.3) working on the 
first Q700!,
On this specific machine the same booter boots fine with a GENERIC kernel 1.5.2



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