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<NEBBILPGILJOMAFJGIPACEKACJAA.hansolofalcon@worldnet.att.net>,
   Gregg C Levine <hansolofalcon@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Is it possible to place the files, on an MSDOS formatted
> hard drive, and use that for that named function? How I suppose it would use
> the mount-msdos functions. But I am soliciting advise here. And just what
> does it mean by an "unmounted volume" in this context?
> --

My understanding of 'unmounted volume' here is that it refers to a
disk that is not normally mounted as part of the installation
procedure. As for your other question, I installed NetBSD 1.4.2
this way. It is a little while ago so I cannot remember the
precise details, but in outline you have to add an entry for the
DOS disk (wd0f) when sysinst is creating the partition table and
you can then install directly from that. When you have filled in
the values for the NetBSD partitions, sysinst gives you the option
to modify the table. You select this option, which lets you add
the DOS partition. In my experience it is best to specify the
start and size of the DOS partition in sectors. It is then a case
of filling in the device and the name of the DOS directory that
contains the NetBSD files when sysinst asks for the location 
of the distribution files. I put them in a directory 'netbsd' in
the root directory of the DOS partition, that is, I did not try
anything fancy. Once I had figured out what to do the installation
ran smoothly. It was not too hard to work out what to do, but I
think that a paragraph in the installation instructions telling
you how to go about installing from a DOS disk would not go amiss.

Dave Daniels