At the risk of repeating a previous posting, this is what I typed 
in from the 486 box:

# ifconfig ne2 inet 10.3.250.2 up netmask 255.255.255.0
# rarpd -d ne2 &
# mountd -d &
# nfsd -tun 4 &
# mopd -d ne2 &


after entering the usual 'b/100 esa0' and 'mopboot' when prompted, this 
is what I got from the Vax:

Nboot:
/netbsd
le-soft.sc_r2 = 0x283a0000
device: le0 attached to 08:00:2b:25:2f:d8
le0: transmit timeout, stat = 0x13
le0: output buffer busy (repeats ad nauseam)
it seems that the lance ethernet adapter appears on top of memory >32MB.


    What's happening here?

TiA - Getting so close....!

Paul Apprich