I spent a few hours installing NetBSD/Sparc64 from CD, and then 
   installing the 32-bit Sparc userland on top of it (basically, 
   everything except for the kernel from the sparc distribution).  When I 
   rebooted the machine, I got numerous error messages including "ttys 
   spawning too fast," and more.  I was under the impression that this 
   would just work, but if so, then I was clearly missing some important 
   step.  All of this was with the 1.6.1 release, BTW.  I tried this a 
   couple of times just to be sure, but the result was the same each time.

it should work, but there are still issues with compat32 in a few
remaining areas.  that this doesn't work now is a bug.. the work-
around is to use a 32-bit bit kernel.
   
   So, I am wondering if anyone has had any luck in installing a 32-bit 
   sparc userland on a 64-bit machine?  If so, I would love to know how 
   you did it!

use a 32-bit bit kernel.



.mrg