>(sorry about earlier blank message)
>
>> > Thus idea one, ie, small memory, might be the problem.
>> > 
>> > My PB540 has 36 meg.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, for these systems that's "big memory".  NetBSD won't be 
>> much of a contender for embedded/legacy systems if this is the trend. 
>> That's very sad, because support for older systems is one of the main 
>> reasons I became interested in NetBSD.
>
>This is also one of the reasons I still run 1.5 on some of my boxes.

I run 1.3.3 - fast, stable.
I've never had much luck with newer rels.

-dgl-