Trevin Beattie <spam@xmission.com> writes:
> Update: I've just installed the binaries of the new NetBSD 1.4 release
> -- still using the April 23 kernel.

In general, that's a REALLY bad idea. Always upgrade your kernel
FIRST. Why? Because new system calls will be expected to be supported
by a new userland, and an old kernel may not support them. A new
kernel always supports all old system calls, though.

Perry