John Klos writes:
[...] 
> Try it with whatever the bootstrap option is to not use all blocks of 
> memory and see if that makes a difference. And the GForce '040 is one of 
> those that only takes those strange 64 pin SIMMs, right?

 The default is -ASn2. I tried -Sn0 and -Sn1, no difference.

John Klos writes:
> >I will check if I can install 1.6.2 on that drive, and I'm also downloading
> >3.0 as we speak. Last time I checked the 3.0 binaries weren't there yet.
> 
> There's always /pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-3/200601010000Z/amiga/binary/sets 
> on ftp.netbsd.org.

 A slightly related question: for NetBSD-3.0, the ../../../shared/m68k
 directory on the ftp server contains xbase.tgz xserver.tgz which are
 different from the files in the main distribution directory amiga/binary/sets.
 Which version should be used?

shared/m68k:
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       5757869 Dec 19 07:42 xbase.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp       3386437 Dec 19 07:40 xserver.tgz
amiga/binary/sets:
-rw-r--r--    1 lqh      design    5761901 Dec 18 21:57 xbase.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 lqh      design    3938207 Dec 18 21:57 xserver.tgz

Ignatios Souvatzis writes:
[...] 
> You could try to boot without fully starting AmigaOS first  - or if you
> did that, with fully starting AmigaOS first.

 I tried both ways, NetBSD boot from cold start and after running AmigaOS,
 no difference.

 Before going to work this morning, I had a quick attempt at installing
 the 1.6.2 miniroot and booting from that. No problem at all, it booted
 fine and started the installer.

 Michael, I read your post, and will have details tomorrow.