Hi,

> So I exited sysinst, mounted the partitions by hand, ran sysinst again, and 
> there was no /usr/bin/ftp when I tried to get the files.
>
> So I exited again,
>
>    umount /usr
>    mount /dev/sd0e /newusr
>    cp -pvRP /usr/* /newusr

You mounted your new usr on top of /usr? You shouldn't do that, since you 
need the programs that are in /usr.

Use the /mnt mountpoint, and mount /mnt/usr there, and untargzip to that.

Not sure what the SCSI issue was, but at least you'll have a proper ftp 
program to use after the stuff is mounted.

John