> The following reply was made to PR port-i386/36808; it has been noted by
> GNATS.
> 
> From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
> To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: port-i386/36808: NetBSD not installable from a second disk
> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:18:12 +0100
> 
>  On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 01:10:00PM +0000, Christoph_Egger@gmx.de wrote:
>  > >Number:         36808
>  > >Category:       port-i386
>  > >Synopsis:       NetBSD not installable from a second disk
>  > 
>  > When sysinst asks for the sets, where they are, I can either
>  > select "unmounted fs" or "local directory" depending on whether
>  > it is already mounted or not. Then sysinst always says:
>  > 
>  > Release set /mnt2/i386/binary/sets/kern-GENERIC.tgz does not exist.
>  > 
>  > A ls /mnt2/i386/binary/sets/ shows me all required sets are in place.
>  
>  Is that true if you type CTRL-Z to suspend sysinst while the error
>  message is displayed ?

No, I aborted the install process and exited sysinst to get a shell.

Then I typed 'mount -t ext2fs /dev/wd1e /mnt2 && ls /mnt2/i386/binary/sets/'

I typed 'sysinst' and restartet install process and
choosed 'local directory'.
  
>  There is no reason why the above shouldn't work.  I can't see how the
>  files being on a different disk can make any difference once the
>  filesystem is mounted.

Me neither. That's why I think, the bug is somewhere in sysinst.

-- 
Greetings,

Christoph