Still not getting further. I am running: boot hd0b:netbsd -v and this is what is happening:
On the screen it shows:
booting hd-b:netbsd (howto 0x20000
1846320+668736+1428416 [869065+1251672+893433]=0x16e07d0
Here is where is appears to freeze.
Update: have flashed libreboot and will try the installer off of there.