FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE Install Failure: Unable to create a new /etc/fstab

[Rick Miller]

Just following up...I resolved the issue by copying /etc/* to /stand/
in the mfsroot.

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Rick Miller <vmiller at hostileadmin.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am Installing 8.2-RELEASE via PXE and receive an error stating that
> sysinstall was unable to create new /etc/fstab.  Everything appears to
> function correctly, in that, the system TFTP's the pxeboot and mfsroot
> files as needed.  However, When I switch to the holographic shell and
> poke around a little, I can see that there is no /etc, despite it's
> existence in the mfsroot.gz.
>
> I must be missing something and am hoping that someone might be able
> to point in the right direction.
>
> --
> Take care
> Rick Miller
>



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Take care
Rick Miller