> 
	> 	ls -l /dev/console /dev/ttya /dev/ttyb /dev/dtya /dev/dtyb
	> 
	> and post the output?

	[2:14] netbsd4me:/dev % ls -l console ttya ttyb dtya dtyb
	crw-------  1 earle  tty     0,      0 Apr 10 02:14 console
	crw-------  1 uucp   wheel  12, 524288 Jan 23 06:58 dtya
	crw-------  1 uucp   wheel  12, 524289 Jan 23 06:58 dtyb
	crw-------  1 uucp   wheel  12,      0 Jan 23 06:58 ttya
	crw-------  1 uucp   wheel  12,      1 Jan 23 06:58 ttyb

That looks right.

	>> I suppose I could just comment out the running of "ttyflags -a" in the
	>> startup, and see how much further I get booting-wise with it ...
	> 
	> that's an idea...  also if you could post the full device probe messages.

	Haven't had a chance to reboot with "ttyflags -a" disabled yet.  Sorry.
	(Work machine, ya know.)

	In the meantime, here's the 1.5T kernel boot messages:

	console is keyboard/display
	Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
	    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
	Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
	    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

	NetBSD 1.5T (GENERIC) #14: Sat Apr  7 14:47:12 PDT 2001
	    eeh@nonplus.netbsd.org:/home4/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/GENERIC
	total memory = 128 MB
	avail memory = 109 MB
	using 832 buffers containing 6656 KB of memory
	bootpath: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,0/scsi@1,0/disk@0,0
	mainbus0 (root): SUNW,Ultra-5_10
	cpu0 at mainbus0: SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi @ 333 MHz, version 0 FPU
	cpu0: physical 4K instruction (32 b/l), 4K data (32 b/l), 2048K external (64 b/l) 
	psycho0 at mainbus0 addr 0xfffc4000
	sabre: ign 7c0 bus range 0 to 2; simba b, PCI bus 1; simba a, PCI bus 2
	DVMA map: c0002000 to ffffe000
	pci0 at psycho0
	pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled
	simba0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1: Sun Microsystems Simba PCI bridge (rev. 0x13)
	pci1 at simba0 bus 1
	pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
	ebus0 at pci1 dev 1 function 0
	ebus0: Sun Microsystems PCIO Ebus2, revision 0x01
	auxio0 at ebus0 addr 726000-726003 addr 728000-728003 addr 72a000-72a003 addr \
	72c000-72c003 addr 72f000-72f003
	power at ebus0 addr 724000-724003 ipl 37 not configured
	SUNW,pll at ebus0 addr 504000-504002 not configured
	se at ebus0 addr 400000-40007f ipl 43 not configured
	com0 at ebus0 addr 3083f8-3083ff ipl 41: ns16550a, working fifo
	kbd0 at com0 (console input)
	com1 at ebus0 addr 3062f8-3062ff ipl 42: ns16550a, working fifo
	ms0 at com1
	lpt0 at ebus0 addr 3043bc-3043cb addr 30015c-30015d addr 700000-70000f ipl 34
	fdthree at ebus0 addr 3023f0-3023f7 addr 706000-70600f addr 720000-720003 ipl 39
	not configured
	clock0 at ebus0 addr 0-1fff: mk48t59: hostid 80ac52d4
	flashprom at ebus0 addr 0-fffff not configured
	SUNW,CS4231 at ebus0 addr 200000-2000ff addr 702000-70200f addr 704000-70400f \
	addr 722000-722003 ipl 35 ipl 36 not configured
	hme0 at pci1 dev 1 function 1: address 08:00:20:ac:52:d4
	nsphy0 at hme0 phy 1: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
	nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
	hme0: using ipl 33 for interrupt
	ATI Technologies Mach64 B (VGA display, revision 0x5c) at pci1 dev 2 function 0 
	not configured
	pciide0 at pci1 dev 3 function 0: CMD Technology PCI0646 (rev. 0x03)
	pciide0: bus-master DMA support present
	pciide0: primary channel configured to native-PCI mode
	pciide0: using ipl 32 for native-PCI interrupt
	wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <ST34342A>
	wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
	wd0: 4103 MB, 8894 cyl, 15 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8404830 sectors
	wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33)
	wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
	pciide0: secondary channel configured to native-PCI mode
	atapibus0 at pciide0 channel 1
	cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <CRD-8322B, 1998/09/24, 1.05> type 5 cdrom removable
	cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
	cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
	simba1 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: Sun Microsystems Simba PCI bridge (rev. 0x13)
	pci2 at simba1 bus 2
	pci2: i/o space, memory space enabled
	siop0 at pci2 dev 1 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c875 (ultra-wide scsi)
	siop0: using on-board RAM
	siop0: interrupting at ipl 16
	scsibus0 at siop0: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
	pcons at mainbus0 not configured
	No counter-timer -- using %tick at 333MHz as system clock.
	Using %tick -- intr in 3330000 cycles...done.
	scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
	siop0: target 0 using tagged queuing
	sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <QUANTUM, XP39100S, LYK8> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
	siop0: target 0 now synchronous at 20.0Mhz, offset 16
	sd0: 8682 MB, 5899 cyl, 20 head, 150 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 17781520 sectors
	Kernelized RAIDframe activated
	root device: sd0a
	dump device (default sd0b): 
	file system (default generic): ffs
	root on sd0a dumps on sd0b

No zs attach messages there.  Hm.

Could you try the 1.5U version I just uploaded to see if it has the same
problem?

Eduardo