> Hello I have been trying to recompile the NetBSD 1.2/i386 kernel for a
> whlie now.  I just recently got it to compile but after I copied it to
> /netbsd and rebooted the machine.  I loaded the kernel and all the text
> was red.  It scrolled a little while identifying my hard drive,com ports,
> and a few other things then all of a sudden it reboots my computer.  It
> does this everytime I try to boot the new kernel.  Is there certain
> options I need to define in the kernel config file?  The first time I
> figured I had to define the "KERNEL_NOTCONTIG" (or something similar) and
> then it recompiled fine.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Aaron

The red background is because you're using PCVT as your console
terminal driver, and this driver prints all kernel messages in
this red background.  It is much better than standard PCCONS, but you
can't have both of them in your config file.  Perhaps this is 
causing you trouble.

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	Pappires