This section describes how to find, retrieve and install a precompiled binary package that someone else already prepared for your type of machine.
Precompiled packages are stored on ftp.netbsd.org and its mirrors in the directory /pub/NetBSD/packages for anon FTP access. Please pick the right subdirectory there as indicated by ``sysctl hw.machine_arch''. In that directory, there is a subdirectory for each category, plus a subdirectory All which includes the actual binaries in .tgz-files. The category subdirectories use symbolic links to those files. (This is the same directory layout as in /usr/pkgsrc/packages).
This same directory layout applies for CDROM distributions, only that the directory may be rooted somewhere else, probably somewhere below /cdrom. Please consult your CDROM's documentation for the exact location!