hi,

> Hello; I am not sure if this is the appropriate forum to ask this
> question.  It concerns the 'disklabel' command on NetBSD (but may 
> apply to
> the 'disklabel' command in general).

Yes, this is the one


> 8 partitions:
> #        size   offset     fstype   [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
>   d: 78140160        0     unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0 
> - 77519)
>   e: 75327777       63       NTFS                        # (Cyl.    
> 0*- 74729)
>   f:  2812320 75327840     unused        0     0         # (Cyl. 
> 74730 - 77519)
> 
> If I try to mount -t ntfs /dev/wd0d /tmp/home I get the error "Invalid
> Argument".

try mount -t ntfs /dev/wd0e /tmp/home

> 
> I have tried to write the disklabel a few times, but it has not
> succeeded, possibly because it doesn't know the appropriate fsize and 
> bsize.
> 
> Anyone have any clues for me?  Or, if there's a more appropriate list
> on which to ask the question?

http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/i386/faq.html#ms_partition that's probably 
what you're looking for.

Is there any reason why you're using 1.5.3? Just curious.



Thanks.

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