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Re: USB CD-ROM support
I've tried USB booting, while my BIOS supports it (the boot process starts) the installation hangs at the OpenBSD prompt. It just sits there indefinitely if I leave it. I've also tried PXE booting with VERY limited success. I get it to pull the pxeboot file over tftp, but after that it just can't find the kernel file (bsd.rd or just bsd as I recall). I've read countless articles/howtos/faqs and still haven't been able to get the pxebooting working. This would be a good option, perhaps someone can point out what I was doing wrong? DHCPD server setup: CentOS 5.2 dhcpd configured to point to file 'pxeboot' tftpd with server root at /tftpdroot and all files (pxeboot, bsd, bsd.rd etc) placed in here When I try booting the machine that I want OpenBSD on, it loads the pxeboot file (I see this in the logs) but it keeps timing out looking for the kernel file bsd (there aren't any log messages that tell me anything here). It's my understanding that all the files needed to boot using PXE should be placed in the root of the tftp server. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Tom On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 7:47 AM, Paul de Weerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 07:20:08AM -0500, Bob Hope wrote: > | When (if ever) will support for installing OpenBSD with a USB CD-ROM > | be added? I have a few > | servers I'd like to use OpenBSD on, but they are Blade units and the > | only method of installing > | the operating system is through USB CD-ROM. > > What you need is BIOS support (I'm assuming i386/amd64 here). If the > BIOS can boot from it, you can generally install OpenBSD from it. If > the only option is to install through USB CD-ROM, then I would assume > the BIOS supports it and you can "Just Do It (tm)". > > Can you not use pxeboot to install via network btw ? Sounds like a > more convenient option to me (having heard the noise these blade > systems can produce .. the less time you spend in their presence, the > better IMO). Read the pxeboot(8) manpage for more details. > > Cheers, > > Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd > > -- >>[<++>-]<+++.>+++[<-->-]<.>+++[<+ > +++>-]<.>++[<>-]<+.--.[-] > http://www.weirdnet.nl/
Re: USB CD-ROM support
It's been a couple weeks actually since I tried this, so the details are a little fuzzy in my mind. I'll repeat the process and post more details as soon as I can; hopefully in the next couple days. On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Damian Gerow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Hope wrote: > : I've tried USB booting, while my BIOS supports it (the boot process > : starts) the installation hangs at the OpenBSD prompt. It just sits > : there indefinitely if I leave it. > > Works For Me.^TM It's how I installed a -current snapshot a few weeks back, > and again a week later. > > I haven't been following this thread, so my apologies if I'm repeating > questions... > > Have you tried updating to the latest BIOS? Is your USB CD-ROM relatively > recent? Which USB ports are you using: ones connected via headers on the > motherboard, or hard-wired USB ports (or an expansion card)? > > How far along do you get in the boot process?
USB CD-ROM support
When (if ever) will support for installing OpenBSD with a USB CD-ROM be added? I have a few servers I'd like to use OpenBSD on, but they are Blade units and the only method of installing the operating system is through USB CD-ROM. Thanks, Tom
OpenBSD 4.6 Intel Mac Mini
Hello, First - please excuse my lack of knowledge if it is completely obvious. I have the old Intel Mac Mini currently running Mac OS X Leopard with Bootcamp. The whole disk is currently dedicated to Leopard and no other operating systems exist. I would like to use my Mac Mini as a small home server for various activities and would like it to run OpenBSD 4.6. However, I have google'd and searched the archives and not found much information for me to be confident enough to install OpenBSD 4.6. Obviously it's clear that OpenBSD does run fine on the Intel Mac Mini but I'm just looking for some assistance on the procedure. I have purchased a OpenBSD 4.6 CD set and have successfully installed it on my i386 laptop and it's running smoothly. So my questions... Does any clear step by step documentation exist for installing OpenBSD on a Mac Mini? Is it a similar process as installing Windows (via Bootcamp) or is there another way to just dedicated the whole machine to OpenBSD? Any advice or links would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. John
Re: OpenBSD 4.6 Intel Mac Mini
Thank you for both replies. It was much, much easier than I thought. Just cleared the disk via Disk Utility from my Mac OS X disk. Popped in my 4.6 CD and done a usual install. Worked perfectly! startx worked perfectly first time too! Thank you OpenBSD team/users! P.S: In my 4.6 CD booklet it says: cd /cdrom/4.6 /packages/ I think you've mistakenly added a space after the 4.6. Or am I missing something? John
