> 
> You don't have to.
> 
> It's in
> 
>    ftp://ftp.ntnu.no/pub/NetBSD/arch/i386/snap-19981117b/boot.fs
> 
> It was simply recompiled, and the problem went away.  (Ok, I
> think I'll roll out the 19981117b snapshot, and remove the
> 19981117a which has this bug.)

Please. Installation still didn't go well at all.