Thanks for prompt reply.

You wrote:
 
> Probably, your disk is forgetting the geometry that was uploaded to it.
> After the machine is powered back up, it needs to be reset.

Has anything changed since 0.9 or was I just lucky since I avoided the problems
then?

> Do you know if this machine supports APM?  I'm (slowly) working on
> proper APM support.  If it's some proprietary Compaq scheme, then I
> probably can't help you.

Yes, according to the users guide it supports APM (Advanced Power Management).

Until then, maybe it should be appropriate with a warning in the installation
notes for NetBSD?

- Oystein