> 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 21:40:23 +0100
> 
>  On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 10:30:30PM +0200, Christoph Egger wrote:
>  > 
>  > 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'.
>  
>  /mnt2 is a bad idea, sysinst probably unmounts it.....

oh! That would explain why it says, a file does not exist.
That is a behaviour, I don't expect when I choose 'local directory'.
I thought, this is what sysinst would do with 'unmounted fs'.
     
>  > >  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.
>  
>  But I've installed from sets on a local disk in the past...
>  (getting the path to the install kernel correct is a PITA when it is
>  in the bowels of the 'release' directory...)

hm... I'm not sure, what you mean. Please elaborate.


-- 
Greetings,

Christoph