>I am new to this so please be kind. I have a Performa 430 with 120 MB
>hard drive and 8MB memory. I have a working knowledge of UNIX and MacOS,
>but am not a technical guru in either. I read the FAQ and other info at
>the NetBSD site, and have lurked on this list for a while. 
>
>Here's my story of woe in trying to install NetBSD:
>
>Downloaded the 1.2 release,

Bill,

The LC-II and LC-III were _NOT_ supported by the GENERIC Kernels in 1.2 
(or 1.2.1 as I recall).  Support for these went into the source tree soon 
after the code freeze though, and any GENERIC Kernel built nowdays will 
support these machines.  A HWDIRECT Kernel is also a possible solution. 
Check the Web pages on www.macbsd.com for the list of systems supported 
by the HWDIRECT and ADBTEST Kernels.

I'd suggest one of the Snapshots that Scott has posted on ftp.netbsd.org. 
 If you pick up one of these, make sure you get both the Kernel _AND_ the 
binaries or you'll probably be faced with the old "ps" doesn't work 
problem.

-bob