>      Hi All,
>      
>      I am attempting to install 1.2A on a MV2 (RQDX3, RD54, 9Mb DELQA). I 
>      do the edlabel and copy succesfully but when I reboot from the tape 
>      and boot the netbsd kernal from the hard disk it gets so far and then 
>      panics with some mumbo jumbo about 'preposterous time from the clock'.
>      
The 'preposterous clock chip time' message didn't cause the panic,
it's just a warning. Could you please check again what panic message
you get, and tell me which snapshot version you are using, so maybe
I can help you.

-- Ragge