On Feb 11 15:58:39, themazed...@gmail.com wrote: > On 02/10/2013 06:47 PM, Rod Whitworth wrote: > >On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:09:56 -0600, Maximo Pech wrote: > > > >>Well, installing openbsd is not what I'd call easy for people with few > >>technical skills. > >Crap! It is well documented and very little data needs to be typed in > >as most input can be done by accepting the default. > > > >>Why not make it a live system that boots from cd/dvd/USB/sd with everything > >>already configured and ready to run? > >Live CDs can be a PITA.. People have built them and they aon't setting > >the world on fire. > >You can make your own USB flash by following the instructions in the > >FAQ (= same as install to the HD, just different HDD name. > > > >Installing in under 5 minutes is possible on a real drive - USB sticks > >are much slower. > >If I am doing a quick test I sometimes install to a real HDD on USB. > > > >Meanwhile go read the FAQ about installing and try it. Unless you are > >an absolute dummy you should be able to absorb the instructions and do > >the install. > > > >If you can't handle that, then OpenBSD is probably not for you and, > >given some of the horrors in some Linux Live-CDs, you may be best to > >stick to windows or mac. > > > >*** NOTE *** Please DO NOT CC me. I<am> subscribed to the list. > >Mail to the sender address that does not originate at the list server is > >tarpitted. The reply-to: address is provided for those who feel compelled to > >reply off list. Thankyou. > > > >Rod/ > >--- > >This life is not the real thing. > >It is not even in Beta. > >If it was, then OpenBSD would already have a man page for it. > > > Thanks for the replies guys, I am not too worried about people being > able to > install OpenBSD the installer is quick and fairly painless in my > opinion. I think > I am going to stick to simply writing a script that people can run > after installing > OpenBSD.
The right way would be to port that thing. Then you can have them just 'pkg_add thatthing'.
