Mike Ekholm stands accused of saying:
>I have just tried to install netBSD witt little luck. i have copied
>SYS_INST to tape using 'dd if=SYS_INST of=/dev/rct8 bs=20b conv=osync' 
>(doing this on my apollo 425t currntly running Domain OS) , switched over
>to HP-UX mode, did self tests. searched for OS, found "SYS_SYS" on ARCHIVE
>60 (the tape drive) I selected it. it loaded, and now the screen is blank,
>and has been for 30 min. Can someone tell me what is going on?

More details; which version of NetBSD are you trying to install?
What video hardware do you have?  What sort of keyboard?

> -Mike --

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