> 
> > It even goes so far as to say that
> > the "sh MAKEDEV all" will generate errors on user/group names due
> > to the lack of passwd/group files.
> 
> That particular remark in the notes pertain to the host system on which
> you are preparing the diskless setup. Whether or not you unpack etc.tar
> in your "/export/root/client" directory, running MAKEDEV uses the
> password file on the host system to set special file ownership, and that
> password file might not list the user and group names that MAKEDEV
> wants to use.
> 

Right.  The point is that if you are doing a diskless boot, the passwd/group
files must be in /export/root/client/etc for the "sh MAKEDEV all" to work
properly for the /mnt/dev directory during install.  Otherwise, you will
get all devices with root.wheel owner.group.

robin