The following reply was made to PR port-i386/36808; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Christoph Egger" <Christoph_Egger@gmx.de>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org,
	gnats-admin@netbsd.org, port-i386-maintainer@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-i386/36808: NetBSD not installable from a second disk
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:30:30 +0200

 > 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