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.....
    
 > >  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 instal kernel correct is a PITA when it is
 in the bowels of the 'release' directory...)
 
 	David
 
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 David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk