I'm no expert, but trying a serial console might help, plus
	are you using the latest snapshot from:

	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/hp300/snapshot/970522/

- Thought for the day... "I miss my dog"

On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, Mike Ekholm wrote:

> I have just tried to install netBSD witt little luck. i have copied
> SYS_INST to tape using 'dd if=SYS_INST of=/dev/rct8 bs=20b conv=osync' 
> (doing this on my apollo 425t currntly running Domain OS) , switched over
> to HP-UX mode, did self tests. searched for OS, found "SYS_SYS" on ARCHIVE
> 60 (the tape drive) I selected it. it loaded, and now the screen is blank,
> and has been for 30 min. Can someone tell me what is going on?
> 
> 
>  -Mike --
>            ekholm@visi.com | http://www.visi.com/~ekholm (now up!)
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