On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Read, James C <jcr...@essex.ac.uk> wrote: > I'm not sure what you mean by 'powerful enough'. Somebody who installs OpenBSD > and cannot access the internet now has a double problem 1) he can't access the > internet 2) he therefore can't search online for information about how to fix > the problem. > > He must now reinstall his old OS (or use a live bootable USB/CD) to look > things up. Power off. Boot OpenBSD. Try it out. Power down. Repeat. Surely, > having the option to have a cut down system while he gets things working > properly is going to be a useful feature.
Or, he must use a different computer to access the documentation. Or, he must talk to a friend. Or, if he has no friends and cannot find a suitable relic, he must prepare by somehow putting the documentation on paper. This can be achieved using a printer, or - if such things are outside the budget of our friendless hero - a pen. Or, possibly, he should consider taking up some other, less demanding profession? Perhaps medicine? -- Raul
