Here is a status update on the dell box I am trying to install onto:

I burned the 3.0-RC5 ISO and tried that. It did not have the same
problem as before... I got past the wd0 line, the kernel booted and
the installer fired up.

The new problem is that the USB keyboard isn't working. None of the
keys did anything (a, b, RETURN, arrow keys, CTRL-n, etc.) and the
caps-lock light, etc. didn't respond either. I tried an actual USB
keyboard and a PS/2 keyboard with a USB adaptor. The machine doesn't
have PS/2 on it, so USB is my only option (besides a serial console,
but I'm not sure I'm going to be able to set one of those up).

Is the installer expected to work with a USB keyboard? Should I be
asking some other list about this (or reporting it as a bug)?

Thanks,

-- Erik

On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 03:47:38PM -0500, Erik Osheim wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just downloaded the i386 ISO for NetBSD 2.1, with the hope of
> installing onto a Dell Optiplex GX520 I have here at work. The machine
> is currently running Linux (Gentoo) fine, but I wanted to run NetBSD
> again.
> 
> When booting, it freezes on the line: "wd0 at atabus1 drive 0" and the
> cursor stays on that line, just after the 0. I let it sit for a few
> minutes and it didn't seem like it was doing anything, so I tried
> again.
> 
> I verified the ISO against the MD5 provided, and verified the actual
> CD data from that also. I'm not sure what could be causing the problem
> (the machine has an SATA hard drive, not parallel ATA, maybe that's
> it?).
> 
> I noticed an email in the archives sent in September 2005 from Hubert
> Feyrer-- "GX520 does not image. (fwd)". It looks to me like this is
> the same problem.
> 
> I can provide more information on request, and I can try different CD
> images or other things. This is my desktop machine at work so I can't
> leave the machine in an unusable state for long periods of time.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> -- Erik Osheim
> 
> P.S. At one time I was subscribed to this list but I'm not anymore, so
> please CC me on all messages.