Ah, 
I wonder if this is why I'm not seeming to get anywhere :

NetBSD 1.5 (INSTALL) #0: Fri Nov 17 13:45:38 PST 2000
    matt@cheetah.local:/u1/kobj/INSTALL
MicroVAX 3100
cpu: KA41/42
cpu: Enabling primary cache, no secondary cache present
total memory = 3984 KB
avail memory = 732 KB
...
<snip>
...
UVM: pid 11 (sysinst), uid 0 killed: out of swap
Killed
# 

Looks like there's only 4Mb of RAM in this thing. 
Is that not enough to do anything in?

greg