>Even assuming that the GENERIC kernel allows me to see the hard drive
>there still exists the problem that without cardbus support, the only
>operational I/O devices I have are floppy drive and the serial ports.
>I can't recompile a new kernel until I get a fairly hefty NetBSD
>installation onto this system.  I can't do NetBSD install using only
>floppies (or more correctly, I won't do it using only floppies).
>
>Still, I'll see if the disk shows up when booting with boot[12].fs.

	GENERIC_LAPTOP has all PCIBIOS options turned on, and i'm guessing
	it is one of the reasons.  or... you may want to make a pciide-less
	GENERIC on some other machine.

itojun