Can you ftp the files, then burn a CD? there are some notes about this at
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.4.2/alpha/INSTALL.html
There is an image there, to help create a bootable CD, or you can put the
kernal files on a second hard drive, and do it that way...
Overall, do read the install doc. That should answer your questions...

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mikko Lehtonen [SMTP:scorpion@sgic.fi]
> Sent:	Wednesday, April 26, 2000 11:44 AM
> To:	port-alpha@netbsd.org
> Subject:	Netbsd for dec 3k with no floppy
> 
> 
> 	Hello
> 
> So, I have a dec 3000 (alpha, of course) and it doesn't have floppy drive,
> which gives me a bit of a problem, I could download an iso image and try
> to boot from it, but some images I found said, that they are only i386
> bootable. I'm unsure about installing over LAN, especially because my dec
> 3000 has OpenVMS for OS currently. Or are there some setup program for
> OpenVMS included in the cd-iso? (and a good help file how to do it. I
> really don't know how to use vms.)
> 
> -Mikko Lehtonen
> 
> 
> - Scorpion - scorpion@sgic.fi - www.sgic.fi/~scorpion -
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