> >I have a SCSI disk drive with an MSDOS (FAT) file system on it, and
> >I'm trying to read it under NetBSD 1.1 on an i486 with an Adaptec 1542
> >host adapter.
> >The drive in question is my second SCSI drive (sd1); I boot NetBSD
> >from sd0.
> >I'm trying to mount sd1 with the following command:
> >	mount_msdos /dev/sd1a /mnt
> >When I try the command for the first time after
> >booting, the kernel prints the message:
> >	sd1: no disk label
> >and then I get two copies of the message:
> >	mount_msdos: mount: device not configured
> The problem here is that NetBSD really wants a NetBSD disklabel on the disk.
> It doesn't find one, so it can't access any partitions.  That's why you
> get the "no disk label" message.

OK, but if I try to disklabel the disk, I get the same message. How am
I supposed to deal with this problem if I can't even run disklabel on
the thing?

And why isn't this a problem for floppies?

> You might try using /dev/sd1d, since that's by default "the whole disk",
> rather than "the first parition".  There is a slightly weird technique for
> putting a BSD disklabel on a MS-DOS only disk.  Check the mailing list
> archives for it.

Will do. Thanks!

	-- Robert