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installing openbsd
How do i write the image file(cd43.iso) into pendrive using freebsd command?
I found that cd43.iso just a 5MB file, what files does it included? I need to install gnome and other applications through ports? |
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Well, I can't speak for the commands to unpack it (and I assume you want it to be bootable) onto the pendrive, but you downloaded the older way of installing. In the old way, you had this small agent (5mb) that would start the install, and you then pointed it to the actual location of the packages (on the net or an ftp server you had predetermined). Check this link for more info
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq3.html#ISO That should tell you what you need. If you are planning on putting the whole OpenBSD install on your pendrive, that option is certainly available to you, you just need to download the right iso. Last edited by gamaliel; 30th May 2008 at 03:34 PM. |
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If network install is not an option, booting the cd43.iso image on a computer of the same architecture that has a BIOS which can boot the El Torito CD gives you the ramdisk kernel, and this is enough of OpenBSD to build a bootable pen drive.
This is basic process. Disclaimer: this is untested, from my fallable memory. Use this only as a guide. Look up the commands and what they do before doing any of them. Some settling of contents may occur during shipping. All models over 18.
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Which one is the most easy way to install? I really not familiar with openbsd...
I intend to have a dual boot with vista but I'm not sure with the partitioning in openbsd cause it using cylinder. |
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For those unfamiliar with Unix-like systems, in order of ease:
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I'm planing to install openbsd in my laptop which iso suit best? cd43.iso or install43.iso??
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http://openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#Overview |
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If you are running M$ or Linux then I would try VmWare to get familiar with the installation.. I would suggest VirtualBox but it currently has issues with OpenBSD.. i.e. Seg Faults.. Another vote for install43.iso hth rk
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Virtual PC 2007, which is zero-cost, runs 4.3 just fine. I put together a 10Gigabyte .vhd installation together that is already configured for our LAN at work, as a way to introduce coworkers to OpenBSD.
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Thanks for your suggestion. I'll try that on virtual machine first. I have some problems with CHS format because i don understand how to allocate BIOS starting cylinder, head and sector. I'm planning to make a dual boot between XP and openbsd and I'm afraid that wrong allocation will break the XP.
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http://openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html Last edited by ocicat; 13th June 2008 at 04:55 PM. |
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I'm resurrecting this old thread to make a correction.
As of -current installlation scripting, and therefore for 4.6 this fall, "set image" is no longer considered best practice. The install script sets the appropriate kernel as "/bsd". "set image" is only available for i386/amd64 and not for other architectures. |
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