>On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, moskimus wrote:
>
>
>  > After I turn the system on it runs through the list of devices and
>>  then prompts me for the boot device.  I type "sd0a". Then it prompts
>>  me for a dump partition, default is my swap partition (sd0b) so I hit
>>  enter.  Then it asks for the type of file system, default is generic
>  > so again I hit enter.
>
>Strange. I don't understand that. What does (did) the boot string look
>like? Was the an -a at the end?

If I understand your question I used System Disk 2.3.1 from the 
darwin cd with 'advanced settings' containing:

boot scsi-int/sd@1:0
boot-file netbsd
boot-command bootr 0

>
>:#config		netbsd	root on ? type ?
>:config		netbsd	root on sd0 type ffs
>:#config		netbsd	root on ? type nfs
>
  :== Roland Dowdeswell                      http://www.Imrryr.ORG/~elric/  ==

This worked wonderfully.

>
>Take care,
>
>Bill

thanx,
Timothy