GENERIC.MP #1870 amd64 FWIW: Last night did a clean (re) installl using the toronto.edu mirror.
boot> boot hd0a:/bsd.rd Puffy loaded up fine -- but no packages. I edited my /etc/pkg.conf from: ... toronto.edu/pub/OpenBSD/%c/packages/%a/ to: .... toronto.edu/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/%a/ --- Thanks as always to Theo and to all the past and current devs -- have a great week ahead !!