Q1: My 5000/20 is booting.  So, when it gets to the network stage it 
burps the following:

Starting network.
Hostname: katri
add net 127.0.0.0: gateway 127.0.0.1
---------> Up to here I have no problems
add net fe80::: gateway ::1
add net fec0::: gateway ::1
add net ::ffff:0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
add net ::224.0.0.0: gateway ::1
add net ::127.0.0.0: gateway ::1
add net ::0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
add net ::255.0.0.0: gateway ::1
add net 2002:e000::: gateway ::1
add net 2002:7f00::: gateway ::1
add net 2002:0000::: gateway ::1
add net 2002:ff00::: gateway ::1
add net ::0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
---------> What are these messages above?
IPv6 mode: host
---------> What does this mean?
Configuring network interfaces: le0.
add net default: gateway 10.0.0.1
Adding interface aliases:
---------> I am also pretty happy here

Q2: the decstation is alive and I can telnet out of it without a 
hitch (I telneted to my sparc 20 running Solaris 2.6).  Now, let me 
try the opposite:

SunOS 5.6

login: raub
Password:
Last login: Wed Jul 17 21:20:50 from 10.0.0.12
raub@kudria>ping 10.0.0.12
10.0.0.12 is alive
raub@kudria>telnet 10.0.0.12
Trying 10.0.0.12...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
raub@kudria>

Does that mean it is configured not to accept telnet (safety) or 
telnetd is somehow not installed?

Q3: Where are the packages?  I know they are not in 
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5.2/pmax/All:

ftp> pwd
257 "/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5.2" is the current directory.
ftp> dir
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||64698|)
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for '/bin/ls'.
total 40
drwxrwxr-x   4 1103  netbsd   512 Mar 26 23:40 alpha
lrwxrwxrwx   1 1237  netbsd     7 Jul  7 16:52 amigappc -> powerpc
drwxrwxr-x  59 1124  netbsd  1024 Mar 28 09:58 arm32
lrwxrwxrwx   1 1237  netbsd     7 Jul  7 16:52 bebox -> powerpc
drwxrwxr-x   3 1086  netbsd   512 Mar  1 22:15 i386
lrwxrwxrwx   1 1237  netbsd     7 Jul  7 16:52 macppc -> powerpc
lrwxrwxrwx   1 1237  netbsd     7 Jul  7 16:52 ofppc -> powerpc
drwxrwxr-x  60 1237  netbsd  1024 Jan 12  2002 powerpc
lrwxrwxrwx   1 1237  netbsd     7 Jul  7 16:52 prep -> powerpc
lrwxrwxrwx   1 1237  netbsd     7 Jul  7 16:52 sandpoint -> powerpc
drwxrwxr-x  54 1281  netbsd  1024 Jan  1  2002 vax
lrwxrwxrwx   1 1237  netbsd     7 Jul  7 16:56 walnut -> powerpc
226 Transfer complete.
ftp>


Q4: I noticed there is already a netbsd 1.5.3 directory in the netbsd site:

ftp> dir
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||64213|)
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for '/bin/ls'.
total 200
lrwxrwxrwx   1 100   netbsd    21 Jul  5 21:21 .message -> 
README.export-control
dr-xr-xr-x  18 1007  netbsd   512 Sep 23  1999 NetBSD-1.3.2
dr-xr-xr-x  15 1000  netbsd   512 Sep 23  1999 NetBSD-1.3.3
dr-xr-xr-x  21 234   netbsd   512 Sep 23  1999 NetBSD-1.4
dr-xr-xr-x  21 234   netbsd   512 Aug 23  1999 NetBSD-1.4.1
dr-xr-xr-x  21 1162  netbsd   512 Mar 23  2000 NetBSD-1.4.2
dr-xr-xr-x  18 1162  netbsd   512 Jan 22  2001 NetBSD-1.4.3
dr-xr-xr-x  25 234   netbsd  1024 Nov 29  2000 NetBSD-1.5
dr-xr-xr-x  31 234   netbsd  1024 Jul 26  2001 NetBSD-1.5.1
dr-xr-xr-x  25 234   netbsd  1024 Sep 10  2001 NetBSD-1.5.2
drwxr-xr-x  24 1162  netbsd   512 Jul 15 11:06 NetBSD-1.5.3
drwxrwxr-x   2 1133  netbsd   512 May 29 12:32 NetBSD-1.6_BETA1
dr-xr-xr-x   8 234   netbsd   512 Jul 29  2001 NetBSD-archive
drwxr-xr-x   7 0     wheel    512 Jan 12  2001 NetBSD-current
drwxrwxr-x   5 234   netbsd   512 Jun 27  1999 NetBSD-release-1-4
drwxrwxr-x   4 234   netbsd   512 Jan 12  2001 NetBSD-release-1-5
drwxrwxr-x   4 234   netbsd   512 May 25 18:05 NetBSD-release-1-6
-rw-rw-r--   1 1124  netbsd  1837 May 12 08:37 README
-rw-rw-r--   1 234   netbsd   611 Jun  6  2000 README.export-control
lrwxrwxrwx   1 1101  netbsd    29 Jul  7 16:04 README.sup -> 
NetBSD-current/doc/
README.sup
drwxrwxr-x  58 234   netbsd  1024 Jun 17 13:35 arch
drwxrwxr-x   6 0     netbsd   512 Apr 29 12:02 iso
drwxrwxr-x  53 1     netbsd  1536 Nov 23  1999 mailing-lists
drwxrwxr-x  75 234   netbsd  1536 Jul 13 09:58 misc
drwxrwxr-x  12 0     netbsd   512 Jun 25 21:02 packages
drwxrwxr-x   6 234   netbsd   512 May  3  2001 security
drwxrwxr-x   3 234   netbsd   512 Mar 21  1998 sup
226 Transfer complete.
ftp>

Does that mean that 1.5.2 is already old and current is 1.5.3?