On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 16:23:32 -0700
Andy Ruhl <acruhl@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> So, if you're lucky (or unlucky, depending on viewpoint), the serial
> console will work to some extent and you might be able to get a panic
> from the console.

Hello Andy:

it is not actually panicing; it "just" hangs, the kernel is still alive.
But you're probably right even a programm behind a serial console will
need to access a file at some point and then hang because everything is
on NSF and therefore out of reach.

Maybe I will first install to disk: cp -PR everything adjust fstab
and see what happens. 

Or did you have something different in mind?

rudi