>> I remember with netbsd 1.1 I had to get a different patched kernel 
>> that supported this controller...but again, I remember even if the
>> controller wasn't supported netbsd booted and just freezed after some
>> messages on the sceen...

>so... what exactly was in that kernel, and did it work fully?

yes worked fully (uhm can't remember if it had ppp support as I wasn't
using it to connect to the net).

>> I can't understand what's happening, I hope someone can help me,
>> I'm already trained with unix systems, I have used many and installed
>> some... expecially on my miggy, but I never got something like that...

>> A4000T (ESCOM) 2mb chip 16mb fast

>What CPU?

It has the A3640 card that means 68040 25Mhz...

>> 1 HD SCSI of 4GB (samsung)
>> 1 HD IDE of 250MB (seagate, rather old)
>> Internal IDE Zip drive (ATAPI)
>> CDROM SCSI Pioneer 24x
>> PicassoIV board with Paloma/Pablo/Concierto
>> with a 15" SVGA monitor.

>Did you have the Paloma, Pablo and Concierto back then?

No I didn't...but I don't think this is the problem, I have recently
tryed out the old kernel downloaded from ftp.villagetronic.com
and still work, but I cannot mount the root filesystem (miniroot)
to go on with the installation...maybe it's too old.

>Regards,
>	-is

Ciro.