tags 246741 patch thanks On further investigation, it's trying to set a variable called devfs, but with a space after the variable name, so it's interpreted as a command.
The attached patch fixes the problem. -Adam P. GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://lyre.mit.edu/~powell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg
--- diskless-image-simple.postinst.bak 2004-04-30 21:10:38.000000000 +0000 +++ diskless-image-simple.postinst 2004-04-30 21:05:53.000000000 +0000 @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ db_get diskless-image/devfs; devfs="$RET"; # convert from good looking boolean template to what expected in the scripts if [ $devfs = 'true' ] ; then - devfs = 'yes' + devfs='yes' else - devfs = 'no' + devfs='no' fi . /etc/diskless-image/config.sh