Paul Apprich writes:
> 
> 3) every time I let the kcoth11 floppy proceed without the installer 
> disk in hopes of reaching copy_kernel, it gives me fd0 timeouts and a reboot?

If you are successfully using the other floppy for root, it is likely
your kcoth11 floppy is damaged somehow.

> 4) Would the NetBSD community PANIC by allowing someone to do the
> straightforward and VERY politically incorrect: 
> 
> # mount -w /dev/wd0a /mnt2
> # cp /netbsd /mnt2  (from a proposed third floppy or fifth .fs file 
> called 'kerndisk-a' or 'kerdisk-o')

Huh? I don't understand what it is that you are proposing. Why would
you need a third floppy? You already have the kernel on the first
one.

Perry