Rick Copeland wrote:
> The question is do I need to write a disktab file?

If it is a fresh disk, then yes.

> Can I just give the disklabel a parameter name (winchester for example)?

No, as it will look for the name in /etc/disktab

> Can you give me an example of the proceedure?

Joel Reicher's reply explains what goes into /etc/disktab eg., you
have 1 NetBSD partition on the disk, so define partitions a (that partition),
c (the NetBSD visible part in i386) to be the same, and d to be the
whole disk.
You correctly mentioned what disklabel command is necessary thereafter
so all is left is
newfs sd1 max7435
and an entry
/dev/sd1a /disk2 ffs rw 1 2
or some such in /etc/fstab.

Good luck,

 Patrick