>   It's quite possible that I've overlooked something obvious, but maybe some
> of you folks will have a suggestion for me.  I've installed netbsd on a
> performa 575 12M ram, system 7.5.5.  040 processor.  I've tried the common
> variations in the booter, and I've installed the math library that should help
> offset the lack of a FPU.  Still, every time I attempt to boot netbsd I get
> a single line at the top of my screen mentioning something about the ram:
> (NOT an exact copy, but an approximation)
> [ 123456 bytes of RAM blah blah kernel symbol table ]
> 
> And then it freezes.

Are you booting with _all_ extensions off?  Do you have 32-bit addressing 
turned on in the Memory Control Panel?

> 
> Multi-user, single-user, B&W, no matter what.  I saw someone mention something
> about an FPSP option in the kernel config file.  Without much experience in this
> sort of thing, I have no idea what that is or how to make that change.

I'm fairly sure that this option is turned on in GENERIC kernels 
(probably the kind of kernels you are using).

Try the above if you aren't already.  I hope this helps.

Later.

-- 
Colin Wood                                      ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant                                        Rice University
Information Technology Services                       Houston, TX