In article <Pine.NEB.3.96.980120163753.8395A-100000@thecreation.com>,
	"Eric K. Miller" <emiller@thecreation.com> writes:
> #thecreation:/home/emiller> newfs /dev/sd1a
> newfs: /dev/sd1a: Device not configured

"/dev/sd1a" would be a ROOT partition on the second drive. And I doubt
you want to have another root partition.

> What else do I need to do to make NetBSD happy?

Create some valid NetBSD partitions with "HDToolBox" or another
RDB editor on it.

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