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more detail about bootloader on MS-DOS partition 

mention that monitor must support resolution of Open Firmware, which may
  be that of previously selected res in MacOS.
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.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.31 2002/06/14 11:28:33 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.32 2002/06/20 20:06:20 mbw Exp $
.
.Ss2 Prepare yourself
.
@ -273,6 +273,11 @@ variables to
.Sq ttyb
(which is the Printer serial port) or remove the internal modem.
.Pp
Open Firmware seems to ignore the settings on most DB15 to VGA adapters.
Depending on your model, it will default to either 640 x 480 at 60 Hz or
to the resolution previously selected in MacOS. Make sure that your
monitor can handle these resolutions.
.Pp
Now would be a good time to look at the
.Nx*M
Model Support webpage to determine the issues with your model.
@ -948,7 +953,10 @@ Load the
bootloader from an MS-DOS filesystem (such as a floppy or Zip disk). It
can then load a
.Nx
kernel from the same MS-DOS filesystem or elsewhere.
kernel from the same MS-DOS filesystem or elsewhere. This has only been
thoroughly tested on floppy disks, but may work on FDISK-formatted hard drives.
This does not work for MS-DOS partitions on a hard drive with an Apple
Partition Map.
.Pp
.
.It