In message <3C3E0D0A.3000502@mac.com>,
paul beard wrote:

>I should be able to use nvram to boot from the installer (located at the 
>root or partition 7):
>
>boot hd:7 ofwboot.xcf hd:7

For installation, typing > boot whatever is fine.

nvram command in MacOSX let you automatically have NetBSD on next reboot,
without manual intervention.

Consider that nvram is the exact equivalent of BootVars on MacOS 9

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