> Hello, My name is Topaz. Nice to meet everybady. > I'm a windows user now.And > Installing OpenBSD is First time. > > I bought Sony Vaio PCG-U1 about 5 or 6years > ago. > on this laptop, Windows XP is running.But It's very heavy > for this > laptop.So I was looking for a lighter OS. > I was interested in Linux.But I > found OpenBSD while I > was serching a OS that I should change from Windows. > I > got very interested in the belief of OpenBSD.So I decided > installing OpenBSD. > Even though I met a trouble in front of instalation.I tried 3 CDs > cd47.iso , > cdemu47.iso And install47.iso.But all of them show the same > result.First I can > boot every instalation CD.And then The display > shows "boot>" . After that, > many characters appear.Unless instalation > won't continue after the messages > below appears. > > isa0 at pcib0 > isadma0 at isa0 > pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 > > My > laptop can be booted by ONLY IEEE1394 connected DVD drive.So I > guess the drive > isn't supported by OpenBSD.That's why istallation won't > continue from the > middle.So I'd like to know ways to boot from floppy > disk drive or something > like that. > > Maybe It's possible by typing something when "boot >" is shown? > >
Hi Topaz, you could try to install OpenBSD from an usb key (http://azbsd.org/~marco/openbsd/flashkeyinstaller/) Or if you have a usb floppy drive, you can use : http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.7/i386/floppy47.fs More information about all ways to install, here : http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html Regards, Guillaume.
