> Actually, if all you want to do is see if NetBSD will boot on your
> machine, you need [ the booter and a kernel]
> You don't even need to partition or anything.  Put the kernel
> (downloaded/extracted in binary mode) into a folder with the
> booter and configure the booter to boot from that kernel image.
> 
> Can someone write this procedure up for the FAQ?

I think it's already in there.

3.1 I want to see if NetBSD will run on my Mac. What do I need to do?

and maybe

3.14 In the Booter utility, what does that radio button that specifies
the kernel is in MacOS do?

ken