diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/mount b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/mount
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/mount
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/mount
@@ -56,3 +56,9 @@
 # User might want a shell and require devfs, so mount it
 mkdir $BSDINSTALL_CHROOT/dev 2>/dev/null
 mount -t devfs devfs $BSDINSTALL_CHROOT/dev
+
+# If installing from the DVD, mount packages where they'll be accessible
+if [ -d /packages ]; then
+	mkdir -p $BSDINSTALL_CHROOT/dist/packages
+	mount -t nullfs /packages $BSDINSTALL_CHROOT/dist/packages
+fi
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/umount b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/umount
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/umount
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/umount
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@
 #
 # $FreeBSD$
 
+# If we mounted the DVD packages, unmount them
+if [ -d $BSDINSTALL_CHROOT/dist/packages ]; then
+	umount $BSDINSTALL_CHROOT/dist/packages
+	rmdir $BSDINSTALL_CHROOT/dist/packages
+	rmdir $BSDINSTALL_CHROOT/dist
+fi
+
 TMP_FSTAB=${TMPDIR:-"/tmp"}/bsdinstall-tmp-fstab
 
 cat $PATH_FSTAB | awk -v BSDINSTALL_CHROOT=$BSDINSTALL_CHROOT '{