On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:30:15 +0000 (UTC) Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> On 2010-03-16, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > > I have the apparently common problem of CD2 (amd64) from the > > OpenBSD distro not booting on an IBM x336. And of course there's no > > floppy and the box won't boot off a USB device at all. > > > > One of the avenues I'm considering is booting off the i386 CD1 and > > then using the CD2 disc for the install data. Will that work, or > > will the i386 install still load up some inappropriate i386 items > > (eg the boot sector)? > > > > Has anyone done this? > > if it doesn't boot at all, follow the basic method in 4.2 errata 003 > http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html The "VMware August Surprise" approach keeps looking better and better. ;)
