Well, I just accidentally blew away my netBSD 1.5.2 install and am 
now installing the ZC snapshot (I was trying to upgrade to it when 
this happened).

I should have realized I was seeing the same problem as I saw on 
my initial install(s): DNS resolution just doesn't happen in the 
install kernel. I can ping just fine, so the network is up and I 
have a route out to ftp.netbsd.org. I just can't use the hostname: 
changing the host to the numeric address works fine.

I was trying to upgrade in sysinst and accidentally ended up in 
install: from there, it was one or two fat-fingers to wipe out the 
root disk and have to re-install.

The error is not exactly obvious (though it should have been to 
me): I get errors on ftp -a not being able to pull down the sets, 
and it looks more like a missing file or path error than a failure 
to connect.

Has no one else noticed this?

I am running the very first OF machine, the PMac 9500, OF version 
1.0.5. The interface device is mc0.

On a side note, I found the install to be simpler than documented: 
all I really needed to do was install the INSTALL kernel at the 
root of /, and specify it as my boot-file in OF. no messing with 
the the other files or prolonged exposure to OF.

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