> Now the David's kernel boots to the point where it reports "root on
> sd0a" and then all the keyboard lights flash, the disk arm swings a
> bit, and nothing else, until I press L1-A 8-(

This sounds a lot like the "empty /dev" problem.  (Try installing the
patch in PR 2236 and see if it complains about a missing /dev/console.)
Make sure /dev is populated, in particular, make sure /dev/console is
there.

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