>   Ok I pulled it off.  I've got NetBSD now up and running on my IIsi.  I
> know that's the biggest step is getting it running but.... 

Congratulations!

> Ok here's what
> happens: when it boots up it asks for user I type in su and then enter
> because root isn't supposed to have a password I get invalid login.  I'm
> like ok lets try root for login.  That works but now whenever I log in for
> root it says don't login as root use su.  But it won't let me. 

When it asks for login:  it means a username.  Unless you have a user 
named su, don't use it.  What you need to do is add a user for yourself, 
put yourself in group wheel, and then su to root.  Read the adduser(8) 
manpage for details on adding a user.

> And that's
> only part of my problems.  Next one its stuck in C Shell I can't get it to
> change over to Bash. 

I don't believe that bash is distributed with NetBSD (maybe a variant of 
the Korn shell is, tho).  You'll need to get your own copy, compile it if 
necessary, add its path to /etc/shells, and then change your passwd entry 
to reflect the new shell (although I think chsh will also work).

> Next problem, I decided to load X11R6 the version on
> the NetBSD site but it won't run anytime I enter in anything like startx it
> says command not found.  Is this because I'm in C Shell? 

I'd suggest checking out the FAQ on this one:

http://www.macbsd.com/macbsd/macbsd-docs/faq/

(Don't worry, I'm _quite_ sure the answer is in there ;-)

> Hmm beyond that I
> was wondering does pico not come with the original code?  If not I'm going
> to get it from MacBSD because I can't stand vi.  Any responses would be
> very helpful.

Pico is not distributed with NetBSD because it is not NetBSD code.  It 
comes from the University of Washington (the people who make pine), 
IIRC.  You'll have to get a copy and compile it if necessary 
(pre-compiled binaries for most things do exist, tho).  Although it's 
probably easier to use for many people than vi, I'd suggest learning vi, 
anyway.  The vi editor is extremely powerful and is pretty much standard 
on every UN*X-like system in the world.  As you do more text editing, 
you'll find that pico is rather crippled for doing anything more 
complicated than sending mail.

I hope this helps.

Have fun running NetBSD!

-- 
Colin Wood                                      ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant                                        Rice University
Information Technology Services                       Houston, TX