On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 10:50:59AM +0100, Joel CARNAT wrote:
> So, is it possible to tell NetBSD kernel (or PROM) to not let the
> machine in db> mode and to reboot automatically when kernel crashes ?

Set systctl ddb.onpanic to 0 (via /etc/sysctl.conf).

> While I'm at it, is it possible to get console output when nothing is
> plugged on the console port ?

I use xconsole for this (you need to chown /dev/console to yourself
for this to work).

Martin
P.S.: are you running 2.0? That would explain the instability - hopefully
2.0.1 will be there soon.