Brett, hello. On 2014 Apr 7, at 12:36, Brett Mahar <br...@coiloptic.org> wrote:
> Maybe I missed some of the posts but instead of all these crazy convoluted > methods, just install to a usb drive on a regular computer (ie one with a cd > rom) then boot ramdisk (bsd.rd) on your netbook, explanations at: > > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#flashmemLive > > and slightly more complicated: > > http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20140225072408 That route would indeed work (I quoted both of those links in my original email), but both require a pre-existing OpenBSD installation in order to create the bootable full install on the flash drive. That pre-existing installation is what I don't have. It sounds as if the best next step is to install 5.5-current onto a virtual machine, either Virtualbox or Qemu (thanks, Moss), which will allow me to go this route. I imagine that that will be quite a quick solution, once I start. It's tantalising that the other routes I described seemed to bring me soooo close to the promised land, prevented only by single final barriers. Somewhat educational barriers, yes, but still insuperable; so it's not time wasted. Thanks, all. I'll report back when I clear time to have a go at this. Best wishes, Norman -- Norman Gray : http://nxg.me.uk SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK
