ya ... the thingie about disklabel is wrecking!! ... when I try to use 
disklabel on this 2nd CF card, will it wipe out its data? In any case, the 
command keep giving me a unknown/invalid type error.

"Matt Dainty" <matt@bodgit-n-scarper.com> wrote in message 
news:20050204142937.GA19383@gelf.bodgit-n-scarper.com...
>* Andy Ruhl <acruhl@gmail.com> [2005-02-04 13:51:32]:
>> On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 06:22:37 -0700, Snappy! <direct2system@yahoo.com> 
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm trying to install 2.0 on my MP790. I have 2X 512MB CF card. One is 
>> > used
>> > for NetBSD installation while the other is used to store the tgz sets I
>> > downloaded using my PC.
>> >
>> > After configuring sysinst for installation, I have the first CF 
>> > partitioned
>> > and stuff. I'm trying to use install by local directory, so I have to 
>> > mount
>> > the 2nd CF somehow, in order to access the tgz sets I downloaded.
>> >
>> > When I try to mount the 2nd CF, it gives me an error "device is not
>> > configured". Any tips on how to do this? Thanks!
>>
>> Hmm...
>>
>> This could be due to /dev/ not having a device to match to the card...
>>
>> I assume the 2nd card is mounted in a PCMCIA CF card adapter or 
>> something?
>
> It shouldn't be that, I had a similar issue working out how to mount the
> second CF card in my Workpad without it having a disklabel on it. IIRC
> you use partition 'e' to access the single FAT filesystem on the card.
> So wd1e or wd0e depending on which order the machine sees the slots.
>
> Matt
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