i experienced the same problem. the kernel booted until the root the devices. it
seemed to ask where the root device should be mounted. let me know your findings
pls.

Paul Goyette wrote:

> Is there some reason why I need to "wildcard" the configuration of my
> isa bus?
>
> If I try to hardwire it as "isa0 at pcib0..." and attach all of the
> dependant devices (isapnp0, npx0, pc0, pcppi0, com0, fdc0, and wss0) to
> isa0, the resulting kernel panics right after printing out the root
> device info.  If, OTOH, I configure it as "isa* at pcib0..." and attach
> the dependant devices to isa?, the kernel boots just fine.
>
> Anyone got any ideas?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 13:04:58 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
> To: 386BSD-list <port-i386@netbsd.org>
> Subject: Problems with -current
>
> New kernel built from sources -current as of this morning's (18 July)
> update...
>
> Kernel compiles and links just fine, but upon booting, it gets as far as
> reporting the root device, and then panics:
>
>         vm_fault(0xf0961900, 0, 1, 0) -> 1
>         kernel: page fault trap, code=0
>         Stopped at     0:    invalid address
>
> This is 100% repeatable.
>
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