On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 12:46:20PM BST, Denis Ovsienko wrote: > On Mon, 31 May 2021 19:57:51 -0600 > "Dave Polaschek" <davepolasc...@fastmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have a PineBook Pro, and would like to install OpenBSD, but it > > seems I need some help. > > > > I don’t have another machine to write an SD card or USB drive with an > > installer (I’m iOS-only currently), and with the stock Linux that > > came on the PineBook Pro, I can’t connect to ftp.openbsd.org. Or > > rather I can, but when I try to install online, I invariably get a > > dropped connection at some point. If I try via https, I can’t seem to > > reliably download an installer. I either drop the connection partway > > through, or get an installer that is too small. > > Hello Dave. > > Installing OpenBSD from network was slow in my experience too. With my > RPIs I had to do the installation between 10 and 30 times before all > the involved details had been worked out. At some point I just had > downloaded whole directory to my desktop PC and made it available via > HTTP. Then at the install time the installer just needs the custom HTTP > host and directory to get through the download step in no time. > > You might want to take the same route using a cheap old PC with the OS > of your choice (which can also handle DHCP and the serial port console), > or maybe even a non-PC device if that floats your boat.
If the OP doesn't have another machine then getting it all onto a USB stick should suffice. Regards, Raf
