tcarlson@myback40.com wrote:

> >> when I use: < /sbin/mount -u -w / > to mount the root file system
> >> read/write and modify /etc/rc.conf to read <rc_configured=YES> I get a
> >> message saying that the magic numbers do not match when I reboot.

Could you post exact whole messages you saw?
I don't see any programs which could show
"magic numbers do not match" strings.
("BAD MAGIC NUMBER" of fsck_ffs?)

> None of the NetBSD3.x kernels have booted on my machine.  They all stop 
> at... panic:  no init.

Fix for "no init" problem was pulled up to netbsd-3 branch
after 3.1 release so you could try daily snapshot of netbsd-3 branch.
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-3/
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Izumi Tsutsui