--- David Lord <netbsd@lordynet.org> wrote:
> 
> You should also be able to locate alternative kernels on the install 
> cd, eg: /i386/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC_LAPTOP.gz that you can 
> copy to / and gunzip. It's safest to keep existing kernel in place 
> and interupt bootup and specify a new kernel there until you're sure 
> it will boot ok.

Thank you, this is the most explicit help possible! I'll try it, and see
whether there are some other showstoppers or not with NetBSD. 

When I have told to people that I'll try NetBSD instead of FreeBSD (and I
know some OpenBSD fans too), I was asked: "why? why NetBSD? what does it have
that other *BSD flavors have not for the i386 platform?".

I still don't know the answer.

Thanks,
R-C



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