On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 02:03:05AM -0400, paul yaskowski wrote:
> hello,
> 
>   well, i downloaded sys.tar.gz and config.tar.gz from
> ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/tar_files/src/, compile and
> edited to suit my machine, and i still get the same error. :/
> 
> vax# config BLACKHOLE
> BLACKHOLE:95: cpu's cannot attach to mainbus's
> BLACKHOLE:165: ln0: unknown device n'

did you notice the ^Ln up there? 
Looks to me like you inserted a control-l into the file.
I don't know if this is causing your problems...

	-is