I've just tried installing for the first time on my Indigo2. I got it 
bootstrapped OK into the netbsd-INSTALL32_IP2x kernel, but I'm having 
terminal issues.

The kernel messages display fine (in green) and then I get the first few 
lines of white text. However, when sysinst starts, the screen goes black 
for about 15 seconds and then the sysinst menu is displayed. 
Unfortunately, the current option is shown as black writing on a black 
background. When I select the language, a rectangle of the screen is 
cleared to black and I can't see anything else. I can (if I'm lucky) 
Ctrl-C back to a prompt, but things like delete don't work (the character 
to be deleted remains displayed, but the cursor moves back meaning that 
when you type it mixes the two).

Also, I notice that mount_kernfs is missing from the RAM disk so you can't 
see the dmesg once it's booted.

I don't want to use a serial console if I can help it.

Any pointers?

-- 
Stephen