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NetBSD
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   GRUB can load NetBSD a.out and ELF directly, follow these steps:

  1. Set GRUB's root device with `root' (Note: root).

  2. Load the kernel with `kernel' (Note: kernel). You should append
     the ugly option `--type=netbsd', if you want to load an ELF
     kernel, like this:

          grub> kernel --type=netbsd /netbsd-elf

  3. Run `boot' (Note: boot).

   For now, however, GRUB doesn't allow you to pass kernel parameters,
so it may be better to chain-load it instead, for more information
please see Note: Chain-loading.