Hi all, Thanks for all the replies to my call for help.
The soekris install command that worked was: shell# sudo qemu-system-i386 -hda /dev/rsd1c -cdrom install52.iso -boot d Turns out I was not using the raw device (/dev/rsd1c) in my command but was trying to install /dev/sd0c. -- Thanks also to Nick Holland for suggesting some alternative ways to install OBSD on Soekris that one might also call simple. I'll definitely try them. I do think that using quemu is a good (and "simple") way to go for me because: - I have qemu installed on my box for other reasons - one only needs an attached cf card and a current version of install.iso (no CD burning or laptop reboot required) - with qemu the install to cf can happen alongside other tasks within my usual work environment (e.g. browsing, word processing, etc) Thanks again. :-) Sarah > > Hi all, > > > > I'm having a frustrating problem getting OpenBSD-current (or > > snapshot) to run on my Soekris net5501. > > > > With previous versions of OBSD I was able to use qemu to install to a > > compact flashcard directly, by connecting the flashcard to my laptop > > and then starting qemu like so: > > > > sudo qemu -hda /dev/sd0i -cdrom install52.iso -boot d (and many > > variations of this command mostly pertaining to the /dev/sd0 > > section) > > funny definition of "directly". > ... > > P.S.: I know there are other ways to get OpenBSD running on a > > Soekris but I've always liked the utter simplicity of the qemu-based > > install. > > using an emulator = simple? > If you don't understand the tools well enough to troubleshoot the problem, I > really \ > don't believe your assessment there. I don't know much about qemu, but I see > a \ > problem in the command line. > This is what *I* call simple: > Take your USB flash card reader to a free machine with a USB port. Put an > OpenBSD \ > CD in it. Boot off CD. Install to CF device. Use DUIDs. Create a \ > /etc/hostname.vr0 (or whatever your soekris uses for its primary NIC), and do > other \ > network configuration as needed. Put flash device in Soekris. Done. > "direct", \ > "simple", bare minimum of extra tools. Machine doesn't even have to be able > to \ > boot from the USB port, though you can't test it before installing on soekris > if it \ > isn't. > (variation: install bare minimum system on flash drive, move to Soekris, at > the \ > boot> prompt, tell it bsd.rd and re-install exactly as you wish. If *I* were > doing \ > that, I could do it from an installed OpenBSD machine of the same platform > without \ > taking down the machine or booting from a CD. I'd call that simple, but I \ > understand some basic tools that we try to keep normal people from having to > use. \ > The info for figuring out how to do that is all in the OpenBSD FAQ, though > not in \ > recipe form.) > Nick. -- "I Cannot Do All the Good that the World Needs, But the World Needs All the Good That I Can Do" --Jana Stanfield
