Subject: Re: sysint-failure to locate files
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: emanuel stiebler <emu@ecubics.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 05/30/2001 10:31:44
Todd marek wrote:
> I tried installing netbsd on my motorala starmax 3000/200 about a
> month ago. It was too much of a pain at the time so I just installed it
> on an old 486 instead, figuring I could learn something about the os and
> then come back to the mac. Well I've come back. Now I'm having a whole
> new problem.
> Everything goes well untill I try to install the distribution sets.
> I have a copy of the Wasabi Systems Cd, which keeps the sets base.tgz
> and kern.tgz in the directory /macppc/binary/sets/. I can verify this
> on my other machine. Whenever I try to unpack the distributions I get
> the message that the sets can't be found in the directory.
> Any clues would be helpful and appreciated.
I installed NetBSD few weeks ago on a Starmax 3000/180. However, I used
the ISO image from
NetBSD.org. Most of the installation went smoothly ;-)
Your problem is (My GUESS !), that sysinstall is looking/searching in
the wrong directory ?
cheers & have fun,
emanuel