Nevermind, I found the 2004 thread and kludge:

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2004/10/04/0015.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2004/10/04/0016.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-i386/2004/10/11/0000.html

Ben