On Tue, 16 Jan 1996 19:55:50 +0100 
 "Stefan Monnier" <stefan.monnier@lia.di.epfl.ch> wrote:

 > /dev-0# swapon /dev/sd1b
 > swapon: /dev/sd1b: device not configured
 > /dev-1#

Make sure you've got a kernel config that looks like:

config	netbsd root sd0a swap sd0b and sd1b

Comment out the "options GENERIC".  This is a long-standing misfeature 
that will hopefully be resolved in the near future.

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