> 
> 	Does it boot OK if you enter sd0a as the root partition?
> 	What does 'disklabel' report (and on the other identical machine)


ah, I forgot to mention that all were installed using the scsi floppy
(just incidentally)

yep, it boots fine using sd0a

disklabel I will get once key generation is done..... (Lx machines take
a while with that, you know)

-C