> > It gets up to the point where it want to mount the root filesystem
> > ie. "root on sd0a" and then hangs. Complete machine lockup .. break doesn't
> > help :(
> 
> Did you build the /dev directory?  This looks like that problem.
> (cd /dev ; ./MAKEDEV all)
Yes .. I did that ((cd /mnt/dev ; ./MAKEDEV all) under sunos)

Have even tried it with out that step :(
 
> But... I have a problem with my Sun4/110 and the new kernels. 

I have tried the 'netbsd' kernels from snaps in apr,mar and dec.
Still no joy.

> Basically when booting from disk, init dies with a signal 11. 
Hmm .. I don't think I am getting that far.

> I don't see this if I boot the same kernel from the net.  So.. it
> might be related to that.
I will give that a whirl in a few mins.
 
Thanks for the tip.

David