Yesterday, I wrote:
> [I had various difficulties with the May 25 kernel boot floppy and]
> I am hoping that a stripped down kernel with only the relevant devices
> would work for me. I would be grateful if someone could make me one.

Today, I am typing this message from a happy i386 (well, dialed up to
a Sun - but that doesn't make it any less happy).

Below is the CONFIG file for the kernel that Kenneth Stailey made for me.

Many thanks to all concerned,
Jason

#=======================================================================
#
#	$NetBSD: JASON,v 1.0 1995/06/15 12:18:05 kstailey Exp $
#
#	JASON -- stripped down from GENERIC
#

machine		i386		# architecture, used by config; REQUIRED

makeoptions	CC="cc -Werror"

options		I386_CPU	# CPU classes; at least one is REQUIRED
options		I486_CPU

#options	DUMMY_NOPS	# speed hack; recommanded
options		XSERVER,UCONSOLE
options		INSECURE	# insecure; allow /dev/mem writing for X
options		MACHINE_NONCONTIG

maxusers	32		# estimated number of users
options		TIMEZONE=0	# time zone to adjust RTC time by
options		DST=0		# daylight savings time used by RTC

options		SWAPPAGER	# paging; REQUIRED
options		VNODEPAGER	# mmap() of files
options		DEVPAGER	# mmap() of devices

#options	DDB		# in-kernel debugger
#makeoptions	DEBUG="-g"	# compile full symbol table
#options	DIAGNOSTIC	# internally consistency checks
#options	KTRACE		# system call tracing, a la ktrace(1)

#options	SYSVMSG		# System V-like message queues
#options	SYSVSEM		# System V-like semaphores
#options	SYSVSHM		# System V-like memory sharing
#options	SHMMAXPGS=1024	# 1024 pages is the default

options		COMPAT_NOMID	# compatibility with 386BSD, BSDI, NetBSD 0.8,
options		COMPAT_09	# NetBSD 0.9,
options		COMPAT_10	# NetBSD 1.0,
options		COMPAT_43	# and 4.3BSD
options		TCP_COMPAT_42	# TCP bug compatibility with 4.2BSD

#options	COMPAT_SVR4	# binary compatibility with SVR4
#options	COMPAT_IBCS2	# binary compatibility with SCO and ISC
#options	COMPAT_LINUX	# binary compatibility with Linux

#options	USER_LDT	# user-settable LDT; used by WINE
#options	LKM		# loadable kernel modules

options		FFS		# UFS
#options	QUOTA		# UFS quotas
#options	LFS		# log-structured file system
#options	MFS		# memory file system

#options	NFSCLIENT	# Network File System client
#options	NFSSERVER	# Network File System server

#options	CD9660		# ISO 9660 + Rock Ridge file system
options		MSDOSFS		# MS-DOS file system
#options	FDESC		# /dev/fd
options		FIFO		# FIFOs; multi-user fails without this
#options	KERNFS		# /kern
#options	NULLFS		# loopback file system
#options	PORTAL		# create sockets with open(2)
#options	PROCFS		# /proc
#options	UMAPFS		# NULLFS + uid and gid remapping
#options	UNION		# union file system

#options	GATEWAY		# packet forwarding
options		INET		# IP + ICMP + TCP + UDP
#options	NS		# XNS
#options	ISO,TPIP	# OSI
#options	EON		# OSI tunneling over IP
#options	CCITT,LLC,HDLC	# X.25

config		netbsd	swap generic
options		GENERIC

isa0	at root
#pci0	at root

npx0	at isa? port 0xf0 irq 13	# math coprocessor

pc0	at isa? port 0x60 irq 1		# generic PC console device
#vt0	at isa? port 0x60 irq 1

#com0	at isa? port 0x3f8 irq 4	# standard PC serial ports
#com1	at isa? port 0x2f8 irq 3
#com2	at isa? port 0x3e8 irq 5
#com3	at isa? port 0x2e8 irq 9
#ast0	at isa? port 0x1a0 irq 5	# AST 4-port serial cards
#com*	at ast? slave ? flags 1
#boca0	at isa? port 0x100 irq 5	# BOCA 8-port serial cards
#com*	at boca? slave ?
#rtfps0	at isa? port 0x1230 irq 10	# RT 4-port serial cards
#com*	at rtfps? slave ?

#cy0	at isa? ...

#lpt0	at isa? port 0x378 irq 7	# standard PC parallel ports
#lpt1	at isa? port 0x278
#lpt2	at isa? port 0x3bc

#lms0	at isa? port 0x23c irq 5	# Logitech bus mouse
#lms1	at isa? port 0x238 irq 5
#mms0	at isa? port 0x23c irq 5	# Microsoft InPort mouse
#mms1	at isa? port 0x238 irq 5
#pms0	at isa? port 0x60 irq 12	# PS/2 auxiliary port mouse

fdc0	at isa? port 0x3f0 irq 6 drq 2	# standard PC floppy controllers
#fdc1	at isa? port 0x370 irq ? drq ?
fd*	at fdc? drive ?

#mcd0	at isa? port 0x300 irq 10	# Mitsumi CD-ROM drives

wdc0	at isa? port 0x1f0 irq 14	# ST506, ESDI, and IDE controllers
#wdc1	at isa? port 0x170 irq ?
wd*	at wdc? drive ?

#wt0	at isa? port 0x300 irq 5 drq 1	# Archive and Wangtek QIC tape drives

ed0	at isa? port 0x280 iomem 0xd8000 irq 9	# WD/SMC, 3C503, and NE[12]000

#pss0	at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 drq 6  # Personal Sound System
#sp0	at pss0 port 0x530 irq 10 drq 0	# 	sound port driver

#sb0	at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 drq 1	# SoundBlaster
#wss0	at isa? port 0x530 irq 10 drq 0	# Windows Sound System
#pas0	at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 drq 1	# ProAudio Spectrum
#spkr0	at isa? ...

pseudo-device	loop	1		# network loopback
pseudo-device	bpfilter 8		# packet filter
#pseudo-device	sl	2		# CSLIP
#pseudo-device	ppp	2		# PPP
#pseudo-device	tun	2		# network tunneling over tty

pseudo-device	pty	32		# pseudo-terminals
#pseudo-device	tb	1		# tablet line discipline
#pseudo-device	vnd	2		# paging to files