> a nasty memory leak problem.  And last but not least, if memory serves, you'll
> want to use the boot.net from NetBSD 1.3, as the boot.net from 1.4 and later
> seems to be broken on older machines.
> 

I think you're right there.  It seems like I had to step back a ways to
get it booted, but once up, and pointed at the newer sources, it went ok.