On 18 September 2014, Stan Gammons <sg063...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, the APU has a serial console. Baud rate is 115,200. To install
> OpenBSD, boot from a CD. At the boot> prompt, before it times out and
> continues to boot, type "stty com0 115200" and press return. Then type
> "set tty com0" and press return. Then press return at the boot> prompt
> to continue the boot process. Choose yes when the install ask if you
> want to use com0 as the console.
In order to boot from a CD you need an USB CD-ROM. If you don't
have an USB CD-ROM you can just make a live USB flash disk (see
FAQ 14.17.3), boot from it, and install the system over network.
Alternatively, you can take out the mSATA / SD card from APU, put it in
an enclosure / card reader, connect it to a computer, install the system
on it, then mount it back in the APU.
But, on a side note, a live USB flash disk is an useful thing to
have around anyway. You can take it with you, and turn (almost) any
Windows PC into an useful terminal in less than a minute. :)
Regards,
Liviu Daia
