On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 01:35:22PM -0700, crazys nuts wrote:
> I would like to install NetBSD on my system. I have download the files off 
> ftp and put them on my linux ext2fs HD. My problem is when I get to the part 
> of the installer when it gives you a choice to mount an umounted fs to find 
> the packages. It wont mount my linux ext2fs HD. I have tryed droping to 
> shell to see if it would work there
> 'mount_ext2fs /dev/wd0a'. It gives me dev not configured.
AFAIK Linux uses DOS style partition tables but NetBSD uses disklabels.
There's some magic that can create an in-core disklabel  automatically,
but IIRC this works only for primary DOS partitions.

You can try it with "disklabel wd0"
If it shows two partitions (d and e), you may try to mount the e partition.
If this doesn't work, you can still create a disklabel manually.
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