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Old 30th March 2015
benky benky is offline
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Default Soekris 5501-70 PXE install

I have some questions about installing OpenBSD on Soekris.

1. I installed OpenBSD on CF 2GB choosing automatic layout which gives me two partition: root and swap. Swap was about 63MB big.
Now I want to manually edit layout and need some advice about the size for a partitions.
Here is my plan:
root / 15%
swap 1 sector
/tmp 7%
/var 35%
/usr 35%
/home rest of remaining space
Is this good?

2. I managed to install by setting an http server and pull installation files from it, is there another way? tftp? Why there is tftpboot folder? just for booting from network and the rest by installation from http server?!?

Soekris is planned to be a firewall, load balancer, wifi ap, dhcp server. thank you!
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Old 30th March 2015
ocicat ocicat is offline
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...II want to manually edit layout and need some advice about the size for a partitions.
This subject has recently been discussed. See the following in the archives:

http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=8985

I would not suggest allocating only a single sector for swap.
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I managed to install by setting an http server and pull installation files from it, is there another way?
  • Using the project sanctioned installer, FTP & HTTP can be used to download the necessary filesets.
  • You can also download install57.iso to burn onto a CD, or miniroot57.fs onto a flash drive or floppy if the filesets are available from another source.
  • cd57.iso can be burned onto a CD to boot the install script. The filesets would need to be available from elsewhere.
  • The filesets can be manually downloaded to any mountable media.
  • PXE is yet another method for installation. See Section 6.10 of the FAQ for more information.
  • Headless systems can redirect installer output to a serial connection.
Familiarizing yourself with Section 4 of the FAQ is time well spent.
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Why there is tftpboot folder?
If you want to configure your own TFTP server. PXE uses TFTP.

Last edited by ocicat; 31st March 2015 at 12:02 AM. Reason: correct grammar
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