In message <6a36s3$ed$1@colwyn.owl.de>, you write:
> 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.

/dev/sd1a would be the first partition on the second drive, nothing dictates
that the first partition of a drive has to be a '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.

Yup.

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