> to boot the CD gets a "DEFAULT CATCH", 

Problem with load-base or real-base? 

> and trying to install the
> "base.tgz" "xomp.tgz" and the "kern-GENERIC.tgz" only gives me "bad
> system call" and a bunch of core-files in root....
> I am bit confused by the this... I have tried to use "ktrace", but that
> only gives me "bad system call" again...

Your kernel is older than your userland?

-- 
Emmanuel Dreyfus
manu@netbsd.org