> Ah - but the point is that in NetBSD it isn't.   Forgetting the /dev/hd/wd0
> part, the "dos1/nb0" is simply not what we have.   The "dos1" thing is
> invisible to NetBSD partitioning.   I very frequently have NetBSD partitions
> (that is, things reference by the label in the "dos2" (or something) which
> refer to space allocated in the dos1 or dos3 or similar sections).


Hmm.  That explains a few things.  I guess the NetBSD partition table is 
  always at the start of the first dos partition.  NetBSD partition 
tables in other dos partitions would be ignored.


> Calling those /dev/hd/wd0/dos2/nb5 or something would be a lie - the space
> isn't in dos2.   But calling it /dev/hd/wd0/dos3/xxx isn't possible, because
> dos3 has no label to allow pieces of it to be distinguished.


Sorry, I'm lost.  The raw disk is partitioned according to the dos 
partitioning schema so presumably there is a dos disk label on the disk 
somewhere?  I would like to be able to manipulate a disk according to 
the dos and not the netbsd partition schema.

enjoy,
Andrew