On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 12:24:12PM -0700, michael donohoe wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to NetBSD and wondering if anyone can point me to good
> install quides/faqs (other than those linked from netbsd.org)?
> 
> It would be even better if anyone had time to advise me on my
> problem:
> 
> I'm installing NetBSD on an IBM Thinkpad A20m, formerly running
> Win98. I created the 2 install floppies using bootlap1.fs and bootlap2.fs.
> Starting the laptop with these failed on reading the 2nd disk. This was
> also the case for using boot1.fs and boot2.fs. The only one that working
> for me was using boot-small.fs on a single floppy.
> 
> Install failed with this error: "Failed: openpty() failed" because the install 
> kernel doesn't have /dev/pty*. The way to fix this according to  a posting,
> (http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=18630),
> is to add /bin/dd to boot-small.fs, or add following to /.profile
> 
>  (cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV opty)

You can exit from sysinst, do that, and then start sysinst again.
/sysinst

	Andrey