Jonathon,
I think I figured out why the ftp install failed.
I was typing in ftp//ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.9/sparc and the install wizard would go to:
ftp://ftp5.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.9/sparc
I think I needed to type:
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.9/sparc/
Please advise.
Thanks again,
Ramon