Greetings, all. On 2014 Apr 6, at 18:09, Norman Gray <nor...@astro.gla.ac.uk> wrote:
> I'm trying to install the released OpenBSD 5.4 onto a old-ish netbook > without an optical drive. I thought I could do this via > install54.iso; I can see where I need to get to, and can almost get > there, but I can't find the last step. Thanks, everyone, for your various strands of advice. In the end, I installed 5.4 onto the netbook by booting a Mac Mini (the only optical drive I have available) from a burned install54.iso image, using that to install OpenBSD onto a flash drive, and then copy the install sets onto the flash drive, and then booting the netbook from the flash drive. This specific route was first suggested, in that particular form, by Brett Mahar, but there a fair bit of overlap between the various suggestions, and I've learned a lot. For your edification and delight, I've included the dmesg output below (and also sent it to dm...@openbsd.org, of course). This route does allow the install to happen without the netbook ever being connected to a network. But when it comes time to add other packages atop the base, it'd clearly be possible, but a pain in the neck, to do that without a network. I used 5.4 rather than 5.5-current, because when it came to add packages it turned out that (if I'm reading the runes correctly) the 'python' package within 5.5-current requires /usr/lib/libssl.so.20.0, but 5.5-current installs /usr/lib/libssl.so.21.0. I did try installing OpenBSD into a Virtualbox instance hosted on OS X (as Martin Brandenburg suggested). That mostly worked, but I seemed unable to mount the flash drive on the virtual machine, even after being sure (as Martin noted) to eject the device from the OS X side beforehand. I didn't investigate where the problem really was. Again: close, but not quite, and I moved on to booting the Mini from the CD. ---- Below are more detailed instructions (aka brain-dump), for the benefit of anyone going the same route. Boot the Mac Mini (or whatever) from the install CD, with the flash drive in place. The install process will let you select the flash drive as a target. After that's finished: # mkdir -p /mnt/5.4/i386 # cd /mnt/5.4/i386 # ftp http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/OpenBSD/5.4/i386/SHA256 ...and so on, including each of the INSTALL.i386, bsd* and *.tgz files # halt (or whatever mirror you prefer). If you do this right after installing from the CD, the network is in place, and the flash drive mounted. If (as a result of more faffing around) the network isn't up or the drive isn't mounted, then you might need one or more of # ifconfig # find your ethernet interface # dhclient <interface-name> To mount the flash drive: # sysctl hw.disknames # show available disks # disklabel sd0 # show the partitions on device sd0 # mount /dev/sd0a /mnt # mount partition 'a' onto /mnt Then put the flash drive into the netbook, and boot it with boot> b hd0a:/bsd.rd This again boots to the install script, which lets you install onto the netbook's hard drive (finally!). Gotcha: even if you don't plan to use X on the target machine (I imagine it would be a fairly unpleasant experience), you _do_ need to select and install at least xbase54, xetc54 and xshare54 (so you might as well just install the lot!). This is because ports and packages aren't tested in the no-X configuration, and at least one of the ports I wanted to install did indeed fail to build until I went round the whole cycle again and included them in the install onto the flash drive. ---- I also installed the OS onto an encrypted filesystem (so that there isn't necessarily a problem if this machine gets lost or stolen). There are very good instructions for doing this at <http://www.bsdnow.tv/tutorials/fde>. Useful things to know: 1. # sysctl hw.disknames # shows the available disks; sd0 is my hard disk 2. I configured a swap of 3MB (which is a round number slightly larger than the amount that the automatic layout decided to give to it). 3. With the devices on this hardware, I had to use # bioctl -c C -l /dev/sd0a softraid0 This reports the crypto device being sd2. Back to the installer and, as suggested, use the Whole of the crypto device (so sd2 in my case), and create a custom layout with everything in partition a. Added '/dev/sd0b none swap sw' to the end of the fstab ---- So... Thanks again to jordon, Tomas, Martin, Stuart, Moss, Brett and Jan (and of course a modest number of EUR to the Foundation). Best wishes, Norman dmesg: OpenBSD 5.4 (GENERIC.MP) #44: Tue Jul 30 12:13:32 MDT 2013 dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP cpu0: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.60 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,xTPR,PDCM,MOVBE,LAHF,PERF real mem = 1060130816 (1011MB) avail mem = 1031340032 (983MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 08/25/09, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe8e90 (31 entries) bios0: vendor Acer version "v0.3301" date 08/25/2009 bios0: Acer AO531h acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT HPET APIC MCFG ASF! SLIC BOOT acpi0: wakeup devices P32_(S4) UHC1(S3) UHC2(S3) UHC3(S3) UHC4(S3) ECHI(S3) EXP1(S4) EXP2(S4) EXP3(S4) EXP4(S4) AZAL(S0) MODM(S0) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: apic clock running at 132MHz cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) cpu1: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.60 GHz cpu1: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,xTPR,PDCM,MOVBE,LAHF,PERF ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 4 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 4 acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255 acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 4 (P32_) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 1 (EXP1) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (EXP2) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 2 (EXP3) acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 3 (EXP4) acpiec0 at acpi0 acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 95 degC acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB acpibtn1 at acpi0: LID0 acpibtn2 at acpi0: SLPB acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT1 not present acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online acpivideo0 at acpi0: OVGA acpivout0 at acpivideo0: LCD_ bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xec00! 0xcf000/0x1000 cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1596 MHz: speeds: 1600, 1333, 1066, 800 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82945GME Host" rev 0x03 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82945GME Video" rev 0x03 intagp0 at vga1 agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0x40000000, size 0x10000000 inteldrm0 at vga1 drm0 at inteldrm0 inteldrm0: 1024x600 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation) "Intel 82945GM Video" rev 0x03 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801GB HD Audio" rev 0x02: msi azalia0: codecs: Realtek ALC272 audio0 at azalia0 ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 16 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 ale0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Attansic Technology L1E" rev 0xb0: AR8113, msi, address 00:26:9e:ae:90:16 atphy0 at ale0 phy 0: F1 10/100/1000 PHY, rev. 9 ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 18 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 athn0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR9285" rev 0x01: apic 4 int 18 athn0: AR9285 rev 2 (1T1R), ROM rev 13, address 0c:ee:e6:a0:85:76 ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 19 pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 16 uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 17 uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 18 uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 19 ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 16 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb3 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xe2 pci4 at ppb3 bus 4 ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801GBM LPC" rev 0x02: PM disabled ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801GBM AHCI" rev 0x02: msi, AHCI 1.1 scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, Hitachi HTS54501, PBBO> SCSI3 0/direct fixed naa.5000cca5a2c54991 sd0: 152627MB, 512 bytes/sector, 312581808 sectors ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801GB SMBus" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 17 iic0 at ichiic0 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x51: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-6400CL5 SO-DIMM usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at ichpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pms0: Synaptics touchpad, firmware 7.2 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support uvideo0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Sonix Technology Co., Ltd. WebCam" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 2 video0 at uvideo0 vscsi0 at root scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <OPENBSD, SR CRYPTO, 005> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd1: 152623MB, 512 bytes/sector, 312572208 sectors root on sd1a (69c2a10ba979a07b.a) swap on sd1b dump on sd1b hw.sensors.acpitz0.temp0=45.00 degC (zone temperature) hw.sensors.acpibat0.volt0=10.80 VDC (voltage) hw.sensors.acpibat0.volt1=12.51 VDC (current voltage) hw.sensors.acpibat0.power0=0.00 W (rate) hw.sensors.acpibat0.watthour0=4.40 Wh (last full capacity) hw.sensors.acpibat0.watthour1=0.30 Wh (warning capacity) hw.sensors.acpibat0.watthour2=0.18 Wh (low capacity) hw.sensors.acpibat0.watthour3=4.40 Wh (remaining capacity), OK hw.sensors.acpibat0.raw0=0 (battery full), OK hw.sensors.acpiac0.indicator0=On (power supply) hw.sensors.cpu0.temp0=31.00 degC hw.sensors.softraid0.drive0=online (sd1), OK -- Norman Gray : http://nxg.me.uk SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK
