This is a known problem. Uhm. Currently being sent to
the proper authorities. I personally think they should
just drop the 'ftp:// and use ftp.netbsd.org. (looks
like a cut and paste accident to me).

> Seems to be unhappy:
> 
>      Status: Failed
>     Command: /usr/bin/ftp -a 'ftp://ftp.netbsd.org//pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.4_ALPHA/

just noticed the second goof up here                ^^ should only be /

> pmax/Press any key to continue
>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> | ftp: 'ftp: Unknown host                                                      |
> | ftp: Can't connect or login to host `'ftp'                                   |
> 
> I'm not sure why it's trying to connect to ftp, and not ftp.netbsd.org.
> I used the default ftp setup that would use ftp.netbsd.org.
> 
> (It was attempting to grab the initial kern.tgz, I believe, this is just
> how it wraps.)
> 
> Tracy J. Di Marco White
> Project Vincent Systems Manager
> gendalia@iastate.edu

Cool someone close that also plays with these things. ;)

-Matt