In message <5.1.0.14.0.20020307081616.00aafa28@pop.netzero.net>, Steven Grunza 
writes:
>My dual boot machine recently changed from WinME to Win2000.  The disklabel 
>has the following line in it:
>
>f: 54726525             63              MSDOS                   # 
>(Cyl.  0*-54292*)
>
>
>When I used the command "disklabel -e -r wd0" under NetBSD-1.5.2 to change 
>the MSDOS to NTFS I was asked if I wanted to erase the entire disk.  Of 
>course I replied no.  When I checked the disklabel with "disklabel -r wd0" 
>I saw that the label was unchanged.
>
>What is the proper procedure for changing the disklabel?  I know that 
>writing NTFS file systems is not entirely safe at this point; however, I 
>only need to be able to read.  I boot to NetBSD at night to perform a 
>backup of selected files from my local drive to the corporate network.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
>
>
>
When you're running Win2k, what does it say the file system type is?  
Win2k can run quite happily on FAT32.

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