hmm, on Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 11:21:40AM -0500, Nick Holland said that > frantisek holop wrote: > >hmm, on Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 09:45:27AM -0500, Nick Holland said that > >>(short version: just do a normal install to the flash disk) > > > >how do i boot bsd.rd to make an install to the flash disk? > >chicken egg. i dont have an usb cdrom, nor floppy disk. > >only usb media. i need to create a bootable usb media... > > > >-f > > see the referenced thread... > > Prep the install device on another machine. Other machine just needs
should have been clearer probably... i am on the road. there is no other machine... all i have is the eee and the internet and the usb media. my understanding of the boot process process for i386 tells me, all i need is ia bootsector from someone who already has an openbsd bootable usb media and the instructions which bytes to change based on what :) (where is boot(8) on my usb media) OR something like the zaurus process... install a linux package and can run bsd.rd directly from linux. i think this one is becoming more and more needed for i386 too, in this world of floppyless, cdromless devices... a little utility that can run bsd.rd from linux/dos... > but it would be cheaper to just prep it on another machine. :) i definitely agree. but if someone is so intimate with the boot sector code that can give me this info, saves a lot of hassle for me. thats why i wrote to the list, maybe someone really is... > (some people will say dd the floppy image onto the flash device, but > the functionality of that depends upon your BIOS's USB boot code. i havent tried this one yet, but just for the kicks i tried cd42.iso an that of course didnt work. -f -- recursive, adj.; see recursive
