Re: NetBSD problems (fwd)

[Ignatios Souvatzis <is%jocelyn.rhein.de@localhost>]

B. Bogart wrote:

> success!
> 
> Loadbsd -bpn2 -Z netbsd
> 
> did do the trick, except netbsd hangs at this point in the startup:
> 
> root device> [sd0*]
> preserved ... blocks of miniroot...

Uh, help! You're talking about NetBSD-1.2.1 or earlier?

NetBSD-1.3 and later wants "sd0b" at that point, and doesn't use
swap until enabled from /etc/rc much later at boot time; there is no
special preservation of swap space for miniroot boots.

Regards,
        Ignatios