hpeyerl@beer.org said:
> actually, the most annoying thing I've ever encountered is when a
> NetBSD/i386 machine won't boot because the cable came unplugged.
> (lack of DCD).
> 
> I can't, however, remember what generation of bootblocks that was in.
> But it's definitely a bug. 

This was probably with BIOS serial I/O, ie !DIRECT_SERIAL.
It is still there - there is unfortunately not much we can
do about it, except using direct hardware access.

best regards
Matthias