/bin/grep: /etc/syslog.conf: No such file or directory - got THIS error now

You would get it even if you had ksh. Installation is looking for syslog.conf to adjust alerts sent to console and logs. It assumes this file is under /etc where usually is... but perhaps you do not have classic syslogd installed or it is under some other directory (like /usr/local/etc - try find / -name "syslog.conf" -print to see where it is). Usually you can ignore it or simply use symbolic link if conf file is somewhere else.