> From: Tom Haapanen <tomh@metrics.com>
>
> [ can't find root device ]
> :::
> Entering wd0 as the root device gets things going, though.  Where did NetBSD
> find "IDE 0 108 0 0 0 0 0", and how can I deal with it?

This has been fixed recently.  You can update your 1.4 system by replacing
src/sys/arch/alpha/alpha/dec_eb164.c with its -current version, available
under: ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current