> Using 1.6_BETA1 on a shark. I have an ELF kernel installed at /netbsd but 
> boot using an a.out netbsd (/netbsd.aout). I get one complaint during 
> boot about something a.out, but netstat & vmstat work fine for me.

Duh, I'm pretty confused.

I now use the original kernel names (netbsd for elf, netbsd.aout for the
a.out copy) and added 

 savecore_flags="-z -N /netbsd"

to /etc/rc.conf.

Everything works as expected.

Martin