DF> Here's a guess:  is it possible to get it !BtRiscBSD to run
  DF> early in your boot sequence (mine does this normally), which
  DF> might avoid whatever problem is occurring.  (I don't have
  DF> RO4 or anything, so I really am just guessing.) 
  
In another message I describe what I have found out since
reporting the problem. The BtRiscBSD problem appears to me to be
rather more fundamental than just a duplicate dynamic area number.
  
Dave
 
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