Aha - thanks.

	We should probably make the miniroot scripts auatomatically
	create /kern if not present before it tries to mount kernfs.

	It should be a relatively easy job - anybody want to do this and
	submit the patch?


		David/absolute

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Robert Gash wrote:

> Yes, I guess I did not distinguish properly when I initially told everyone
> about the problem.  The kernel sees the drives fine *ALL* of the time, but
> the install.sh file in the installation/netboot directory only picks up on
> the disks if /kern exsists as an empty directory.
> 
> -Robert
> 
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, der Mouse wrote:
> 
> -=|>> PS- Tip for the wise: create a /kern directory on your NFS root
> -=|>> before you boot your machine as it appears that NetBSD can't detect
> -=|>> your HD devices if /kern dosen't exsist.
> -=|
> -=|> This seems bizarre - I can understand if fstab tries to mount /kern
> -=|> it will fail to mount it, and leave yu in single user mode, but it
> -=|> will definitely not affect the detection of any devices...
> -=|
> -=|I think gashalot was referring to *sysinst*, not the *kernel*,
> -=|detecting disks.
> -=|
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