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From: andrew@werple.apana.org.au (Andrew Herbert)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: NetBSD system hang
Date: 22 Jun 1993 11:40:01 +1000
Organization: werple public-access unix, Melbourne
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Message-ID: <205nth$ffg@werple.apana.org.au>
References: <1993Jun18.193505.1315@intellistor.com> <1993Jun21.132233.6983@cs.utwente.nl>
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sijben@seine.cs.utwente.nl (Paul Sijben) writes:

>In article <1993Jun18.193505.1315@intellistor.com>, cwolff@intellistor.com (Clint Wolff) writes:
>|> I have just finished installing NetBSD 0.8 on a new system here at
>|> work, and I have one minor problem with it... Occasionally it hangs
>|> with the hard disk light on... The only recovery is to reset...

Try doing this, and let me know if it fixes the problem:

cd /dev
rm drum
touch drum

Andrew