Robert Kennedy said:
> I'm trying to mount sd1 with the following command:
> 	mount_msdos /dev/sd1a /mnt

"sd?a" is the NetBSD root partition on a drive.

> When I try the command for the first time after
> booting, the kernel prints the message:
> 	sd1: no disk label

Yes, of course. Because there is no NetBSD disk label on that drive ...

> and then I get two copies of the message:
> 	mount_msdos: mount: device not configured

... and without a disk label you haven't got a root partition.

I'm not sure but "mount -t msdos /dev/sd1d /mnt" might work.

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