> I'm trying to install NetBSD on a partitioned hd, with DOS as the other
> partition. When I try to boot with my kernel floppy, it reads it as a
> non-system disk. 

I don't quite understand what you mean. Is the story so far:
- You used fdisk to create a dos and a netbsd partition.
- You booted off a kernel floppy and populated the hard drive netbsd
  partition with files.

What does the non-system disk bit mean?

Patrick