On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Andrew Y Ng wrote:
> well, it compiled, but it kernel panics every time I try to boot
> with the new 1.2G kernel.
> 
> I really have no idea what's wrong this time, here attached a portion
> of the messages file:

> Jul 16 12:58:02 Ngbert /netbsd: NetBSD 1.2G (NGBERT) #25: Wed Jul 16 12:50:29 CDT 1997
> Jul 16 12:58:02 Ngbert /netbsd:     ayn@Ngbert.vt.platinum.com:/home/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/NGBERT
> Jul 16 12:58:02 Ngbert /netbsd: cpu0: family 6 model 1 step 7
> Jul 16 12:58:02 Ngbert /netbsd: cpu0: Intel Pentium Pro (686-class)
.
.
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> Jul 16 12:58:03 Ngbert /netbsd: boot device: wd0
> Jul 16 12:58:03 Ngbert /netbsd: root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
> Jul 16 12:58:02 Ngbert timed[64]: slave to indybert
> Jul 16 12:58:02 Ngbert savecore: no core dump
> 
> //and then kernel panic and reboots...
> 
> Any help would be *highly* appreciated!  `w` doesn't even work now with the 1.2C
> kernel... :(

What's the panic message? Do you have a swap partition in your /etc/fstab?
I.e. something like "/dev/wd0b none swap sw"

Perhaps you need an updated /etc/rc too, with the swapctl stuff...
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