mel kravitz wrote
> On boot my 164SX hangs with kernel (GENERIC) failing to mount kernfs on
> /kern ...i can continue boot
> by <ctrl c > on keyboard, after login df indicates only wd0a mounted,
> comments?

AFAIK, the GENERIC kernel doesn't come the KERNFS option enabled.

To enable the KERNFS option, download current system sources from

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/tar_files/src/sys.tar.gz

and configure a custom kernel in /sys/arch/alpha/config. 

Hope this helps

cheerio Berndt
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