port-i386: how to debug the kernel during boot

Subject: how to debug the kernel during boot
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: John Refling <johnr@imageworks.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/07/1999 22:09:27

The 1.4 and 1.4.1 kernels fail to get past the
lpt1 probe on my laptop (the 1.4 and 1.4.1 boot
floppies work OK, as did 1.3.x).  How would I
determine where the problem is?