Thanks. The virtual machine is a great idea. No substitute for actual experience, though, which is why I asked if anyone had done it yet.
There are times when I really do want to just wipe a system, repurposing the box to new set of configurations/applications and I've always found it easiest to boot from CD and start with a clean install. I find Mac Minis to be reliable and capable machines. Their small form-factor means I can fit 4-5 of them into the space one would usually pay for a single server at a collocation facility, so the economics work out quite well for me. Especially as I can often pick them up used. I have 6 minis running production web applications on OpenBSD at collocation facilities now. -- devin On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:17 PM, nothingness <nothingn...@citycable.ch>wrote: > Sergey Bronnikov wrote: > > What is the sense to buy Mac and install openbsd on it? > > You pay for Mac OS when you buy a Mac. So what is the sense > > to install another OS on it? > > > > On 12:05 Wed 13 Jul , Devin Ceartas wrote: > > > >> Has anyone used OpenBSD on the new mac mini servers which don't have an > >> integrated optical drive? Is it possible to use apple's mac mini > external > >> dvd/cd drive once OpenBSD has been installed (for instance, to do a cd > boot > >> for a clean upgrade)? > >> > >> -- > >> Devin M. Ceartas, owner NacreData L.L.C. > >> <nacred...@gmail.com> > >> > >> > You don't need a cd/dvd drive to do a "clean" upgrade, just download the > latest bsd.rd from snapshots/release and boot on that. > > -- Devin M. Ceartas, owner NacreData L.L.C. nacred...@gmail.com i...@nacredata.com (919) 442-8899 AIM: nacredata skype IM: nacredata
