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Add critical information for successfully booting NetBSD/mac68k. (How

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could this have been missed for so long?)  Based on additions by Ken Nakata
<kenn@eden.rutgers.edu> in PRs 3839.
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@ -87,6 +87,26 @@ Installation of base files:
**** Booting the system
Prior to attempting to boot NetBSD/mac68k, please verify that all of
the following are true:
1) 32-bit addressing is enabled[*] in the Memory control panel;
2) All forms of virtual memory are disabled (the Memory control
panel, RAM Doubler, or other software-based memory enhancement
products); and
3) Your system is in B&W mode (1-bit color or grayscale) as shown
by the Monitors control panel.
You may have to restart your Macintosh for changes to take effect before
proceding.
[* NOTE: If you have an older II-class system (including the II, the IIx,
and the IIcx), it is necessary to install Connectix's MODE32 to work around
ROM issues which prevent you from enabling 32-bit addressing. Please see
<http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/faq/faq.html> for more information.]
Double-click on the NetBSD/mac68k Booter icon to start the application.
Check that the options in the Booting dialog look sane -- especially the
SCSI ID. If not, correct them to your preference. When you are satisfied