> 			  ra1: size 633672 sectors
> 			  root file system type: ffs
> 			  warning: no /dev/console
> 
> Note how the system (or at least the console) hangs on the "warning: no
> /dev/console" message. 
> 
> The file /dev/console does in fact exist, but perhaps it has to be 
> configured somehow. 
> 
No, it does not exist, or if it exist it is on another disk :-)
The kernel obviously manage to read the filesystem, otherwise you
had got another error message.

-- Ragge