> should work either way.  The boot program can read both gzipped and
> uncompressed kernels.

okay, I seemed to remember that...but wasn't sure.

> yes, from the how-to:
>
>    "Please note that the bootxx_cd9660 program was not added until
>     after NetBSD-1.4.x. If you're running NetBSD-1.4.x, you can
>     obtain boot.pmax, nstallboot, and bootxx_cd9660 from a -current
>     snapshot. Make sure the sources are from after late
> November, 1999."

I see, I did read that the first time but forgot all about it when I got   
home.

jam