Subject: install/37470: Could not open /etc/disktab using sysinst.fs on Atari Falcon
To: None <install-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/03/2007 21:55:00
>Number:         37470
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       Could not open /etc/disktab using sysinst.fs on Atari Falcon
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 03 21:55:00 +0000 2007
>Originator:     Alan Hourihane
>Release:        3.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
When booting the Atari Falcon and using the sysinst.fs root image, it steps all the way through to naming the disk, of which instead of "mydisk" I used "netbsd" and then the installation aborts with...

Could not open /etc/disktab

sure enough that file doesn't exist, and the filesystem is read-only.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix: