> I am using an external hard drive with a mac68k NetBSD system, and I would
> like to try mounting it from an i386 NetBSD system.  The i386 system does
> not find the disklabel, apparently because on i386 the disklabel is stored
> in a different location on the disk.  (I'm guessing it is specified in
> /sys/arch/i386/include/disklabel.h)

I suspect, but am not certain, the the i386 port REQUIRES the 'dos'
partition table to be present?

Or maybe it doesn't like the byte reversed disklabel?

> Is there a way to update the disklabel only in the kernel, and not write it
> to disk?

Not with the current programs (etc).  Additionally the kernel will reread
the vtoc from disk every time you breath near a disk device.

	David