> Sounds as though CD-ROM might be the preferred option then.
> Am I right in thinking that I need to get a CD-ROM drive
> that supports 512 byte sectors, and set the ID to 6?
> 
> If I went the floppy route (least cost option), would I be
> able to write the boot diskette(s) on a PC with dd?  The

Assuming it is running *BSD, etc.  You can also create them
using DOS based tools.  (though make sure to use *good*
floppies since I don't think either of these approaches actually
does a formal *verify* afterwards)

> FAQ seems to describe building them from source. Do you know
> if pre-built diskette images are available somewhere?  I'm

They are in the distribution.

> not sure how I would go about cross-compiling them on NetBSD
> /i386.

Copy them using *any* *BSD platform -- they are just "files" -- onto
media.  Then, boot in the appropriate machine (i.e. don't try to boot
SPARC images on an i386 box  :>)

--don