Re: mounting problem

[walt <wa1ter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas E. Spanjaard wrote:
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> walt wrote:
> | My guess is that you usually use NetBSD or OpenBSD, am I right?  Both
> | of those kernels depend entirely on the disklabel when mounting *any*
> | kind of partition -- so you need to add a partition to the disklabel
> | before you can mount it.

> No, those partitions are added as /dev/<disk>h and up. You can just
> mount them without performing any magic first.

Oooh, wait!  Are you talking about NetBSD and OpenBSD?  If yes, then I
need more information from you.  Please provide a link to some website
explaining how to mount a DOS partition without adding it to the
NetBSD/OpenBSD disklabel first.

Thanks!  (This is very important stuff for us OS groupies ;o)