> kvm_mkdb:/var/db/kvm_netbsd.tmp: Inappropriate file type or format
> 
> which I can reproduce, though I don't know why (and /var/db keeps 
> disappearing!)
> 
> chmod: /dev/tty[pqrs]*: No such file or directory
> 

I had the same problems while running a Sparc 4/75 with a mixture of SCSI-1
and SCSI-2 disks (booted from a SCSI-1). All theses problems went away when
I removed the SCSI-1 disks and used ONLY the SCSI-2 disk.

Btw: The system usually crashed soon after it was getting load (X11).

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Juergen Hannken-Illjes - hannken@eis.cs.tu-bs.de - TU Braunschweig (W Germany)