Sounds like a kvm_mkdb problem. Did you update your bootblocks and
boot loader (using installboot in /usr/mdec)? Can you post your dmesg
output?

On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, NetBSD mailing list wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> I installed the new ALPHA2 snapshot overwriting my old ALPHA.
> 
> I have a problem with ps.
> It writes me this warning
> 
> ps: warning: /var/run/dev.db: No such file or directory
> 
> and it does not display the TT in the output
> 
> mariah# ps -auwx
> ps: warning: /var/run/dev.db: No such file or directory
> USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ  RSS TT STAT STARTED    TIME COMMAND
> root   0  0.0  8.9   0 2880 ?? DLs   3:07PM 0:00.03 (swapper)
> root 285  0.0  2.7 464  876 ?? S     3:17PM 0:02.02 -tcsh 
> rj45 281  0.0  2.6 452  840 ?? Is    3:17PM 0:00.51 -tcsh 
> root 279  0.0  2.1 308  672 ?? S     3:16PM 0:04.78 /usr/local/sb
> 
> How I ca nfix this ???
> thanks
> 
> Rick
> 
>