> OK disregard that last message, i finally got netbsd generic kernel #52 
> in /netbsd, and tried to boot, but now i get 
> 
> Boot Error: Bad Format
> 
> what is this?!

Are you absolutely sure that you ftp'd the thing in **binary** mode?
Or, are you sure that the file isn't **gzipped**?

Either case, you'd get some error (I suspect the latter case).

ken