Thanks for the suggestion. I just found that the newer
1.6.1 netbsd is on the ftp site and includes xi
drivers, although I am still having problems getting
it working (xi0: device timeout etc). I will continue
to play with it.

In the meantime I managed to get a working system by
using a spare 16MB CF card and a PCMCIA card to
transfer all of the packages across (using split to
move base.tgz). Just got X up last night and it all
seems surprisingly fast. Took me a while to spot that
the 16MB card was FAT12 so wasn't mounting correctly.
After that the install is plain sailing thanks to the
excellent instuctions here -
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-hpcmips/2000/04/20/0002.html

Now back to the network card ...

--- Florian Cramer <cantsin@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 10. April 2003 um 22:01:32 Uhr
> (-0700) schrieb John
> Kenyon:
> Yes. - They are, AFAIK, not supported in the
> installation kernel, and
> also don't work with the default hpcmips kernel.
> Since NE2000 compatible
> cards gave me trouble as well, I recommend to use a
> 3com EtherLink III
> PCMCIA which works out of the box.
> 
> -F


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