Thanks Makoto, 

I can't say why I picked up the 990220.fs instead of the 1.4.1 version.
I could have sworn I followed a link to it somewhere but I've looked
again and I can't find one. I must be imagining things. I have to say
your Web pages are great, thanks!

I downloaded the 1.4.1 version of the boot floppy and it boots fine and
is able to initialize my disk. The problem I'm having now is with
configuring the network so I can install via ftp. The machine is
connected to a 10baseT hub which is connected to my DSL bridge via my
Q700 netbsd machine. Both Ethernet interfaces are recognized at boot with:

de0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0
de0: interrupting at irq 23
de0: 21041 [10Mb/s] pass 2.1
de0: address 00:80:19:44:3f:d9
ep0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0: 3Com 3c595-TX 10/100 Ethernet
ep0: interrupting at irq 25
ep0: address 00:00:c5:4f:56:e6, 64KB word-wide FIFO, 3:1 Rx:Tx split
ep0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX (default 10baseT)

In sysinst I can configure both interfaces but neither one will ping
anything and the install fails. An ifconfig -a gets me:

de0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        address: 00:80:19:44:3f:d9
        media: Ethernet 10baseT
        status: active
        inet 192.168.0.5 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
ep0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        address: 00:00:c5:4f:56:e6
        media: Ethernet 10baseT
        status: active
        inet 192.168.0.6 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
lo0: flags=8009<UP,LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 32976
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 296
sl1: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 296

Any clues?

cheers, 

matthew

Makoto Fujiwara wrote:
> 
> >                                                makoto@ki.nu
> mjreilly> I'm trying to install on my C600/200 with the bootfloppy-990220.fs.
> Please try boot.fs for NetBSD-1.4.1.
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.4.1/macppc/installation/floppy/
> 
>   Let me ask a question. I think it should be natural to use the
> boot.fs for 1.4.1, but sometimes I saw 990220 version mentioned.
> I would like to know the reason why that name appears.
> I hope I am not advocating that version somewhere in my Web pages :-)
> ---
> (Makoto Fujiwara)