On Thu, 5 Oct 100 dribbling@thekeyboard.com wrote:

> 1. What is the most recent stable release of NetBSD/i386?  I
>    have seen some references to 1.5.x, but I'm guessing that
>    is still experimental.  I think I have only tried 1.4.2.

1.5ALPHA2 feels stable. :)


> 2. Is there some way to manually configure a machine via
>    DHCP before I start the install proper?  I would like to
>    be able to install NetBSD via FTP, but need some way to
>    make the machine request its IP address and possibly
>    those of its gateway and DNS.  Any ideas?

go into shell and run 'dhclient'? Should work<tm>.

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