Grab just the installation kernel:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.5/i386/binary/kernel/netbsd.INS
TALL.gz

-Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Steven Ball" <kb9ylw@cyberspace.org>
To: <port-i386@netbsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 5:15 PM
Subject: Installing without floppies


> Hello Manuel!
>
>   AB> Is it possible to boot NetBSD/i386 1.5 from a FAT
>     > partition?
>
>   MB> Yes, with bootdos.com (or maybe it's dosboot.com, I
>     > don't remember)...You need a kernel...
>
> Thanks, I've got a copy of that.  Is there anything special
> I would need to do in order to make the kernel mount
> boot-big.fs and start an install?
>
> Regards,
>   - Andy Ball.
>