Hi there NetBSDers,
   I recently obtained a SparcStation with no software (actually, no hard

I must presume you meant an Alphastation, as you say later when you install
the drive into an Alpha, otherwise the answer is easy :).  Which type of
Alpha do you have?  They aren't all supported....

It looks suspiciously like your kernel did not finish loading properly --
check the floppy image against the original with sums?  Run a memory
diagnostic?

If Bikers don't do taglines, what are all those bumper stickers?