Hi Frank,

Yes, that's because the lcd driver is not included in the netbsd kernel 
source ... I don't know where to get it but I can help you with the 
procedure to restore the original kernel.

When you boot you and get the "no such device address press return ot 
enter pass of the shell" type the root password and the type

# mount -u -o rw /

This will change the root filesystem to read-write and you'll be able to 
restore your old kernel or any other thing you want to do as try to 
disable the lcd. There will by probably an entry in /etc/rc.conf that 
enables the lcd, if you comment it out you can try your new kernel with 
netatalk support, if it works then you can locate the lcd driver and 
install it.

Hope it helps,
Rodrigo

Frank Mattes wrote:

> Dear Dennis, Rodrigo
> or anyone who knows what I can do now. Because the generic kernel 
> hasen't had
> netatalk included I decided to built my own.
> I took the generic and changed only the #netatalk into #netatalk.
> Comiling was no problem, and I can confirn, there is no need to copy 
> the new kernel into /altroot
>
> Now the problem. The bootloader boots the new kernel, but the boot 
> process stops with
> /etc/rc cannot create /dev/lcd
> no such device or address
> press return or enter pass of the shell
>
> moreover, the mounted file system is read-only so I can't move the 
> original kernel back.
>
> Does anyone knows what goes on ?.
>