Chris G. Demetriou wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> Was anybody able to install NetBSD/arm32 1.4 using sysinst?
> 
> Not only was there no space on the install ramdisk, but there weren't
> any ptys (so sysinst's method of running programs would always fail),
> and there wasn't a proper symlink for 'pax' so sysinst couldn't untar
> the distributions!
> 
> I'm basically wondering at this point:
> * how it is that nobody's spoken up about this by now,
> * if anybody had any success with the 1.4 install media,
> * how exactly a release got shipped that wouldn't even install!!!

FWIW, I'm using 1.4 on a completely diskless shark so I didn't need
to run sysinst.  At a guess, would the arm32 port would perhaps have
a higher proportion of diskless clients than other ports?

Simon.