[also posted to comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc]
hi,

i have a chicken-and-egg-problem where i have to put a kernel image on
a floppy but i don't have any kernel with the vnd device configured
in.  (and no, i can't install one on a hard disk and boot from that
since i don't have any hard disk (and no, i can't boot a kernel over
the network.))

does anyone know of a way of putting a kernel on a bootable floppy
when one doesn't have the vnd device configured?

or

could anyone help me out by building a GENERIC i386 kernel and put it
in a boot.fs file for me to pick up (ftp, http, mail)?

i guess you are to do something like 
  cd /usr/src/distrib/i386/floppies/ramdisk
  make
  cd ../bootfloppy
  make KERN=/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC/netbsd
(given that you have a GENERIC kernel there)

please bzip2 or at least gzip boot.ps.

many thanks in advance,
--linus