> But when I try disklabel -r /dev/rwd1d no matter which other flags I give
> I keep getting:
> 
> disklabel: no disk label
> 
> How do I write a label to this disk and newfs it?

You probably want the -w option in there also. The default action of
disklabel is to try to read the label.

Do you have a NetBSD system already up and running that you can read the
disklabel manpage on?

	- Joel