In message <20010725110242W.jun@soum.co.jp> Jun Ebihara writes:
: From: Marty Cawthon <mrc@ChipChat.com>
: Subject: Instal NetBSD to CompactFlash from FreeBSD laptop
: Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 00:24:56 GMT
: 
: > HERE IS WHERE I NEED SOME GUIDANCE:
: > 5) Some success, however I cannot format the DOS partition from FreeBSD
: > and it seems that I cannot 'newfs' the NetBSD FFS from FreeBSD.
: 
: You can format your CF with mobile pro 800.

Also, you can format the dos partition with newfs_msdos and the ffs
partitions for netbsd if you change the slice number to FreeBSD's.
I've done this in the past...

Warner