Stefan Johansson wrote:
> Not using an operatingsystem just because it doesn't provide an .iso
> file is just stupid. If you don't want to buy the cd just download the
> os from any of the ftp mirrors. You can then burn a bootable cd from
> those files or install it in any of the ways described in the docs on
> www.openbsd.org.
Where is it on the said site that you can find instructions on how to
make a bootable CD. Of course, though I never had to do this, I
believe it's possible to make a bootable CD with any CD with
X-cdroast. But I wonder if this would be adequate for BSD
Since you're so sure that there are many ways to burn a bootable CD on
the site, could you please provide the url and copy/paste here the
said procedure. I did find what one needs for booting from a floppy,
but I must have missed something on booting from a CD. All I could
find is:
4.3.3 - Making a CD-ROM
You can create a CD-ROM using either the cd34.iso file or, in the case
of the i386 platform, you can also use the cdrom34.fs as the bootable
floppy image that is used to boot an i386 system from CD-ROM. The
exact details here are left to the reader to determine with the tools
they have at their disposal.
Some of the tools in OpenBSD are:
* mkhybrid(8)
* cdrecord, part of the cdrtools collection in the OpenBSD Ports
System.
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From what I have read elsewhere, the problem is not to find the
"exact details" for "the tools at one's disposal", but to
mkdir OpenBSD
mkdir OpenBSD/3.4
mkdir OpenBSD/3.4/i386
then download the files to OpenBSD/3.4/i386
then and only then to make an ISO with
mkhybrid -r -b 3.4/i386/cdrom34.fs -c "boot.catalog" -o
OpenBSD_snapshot.iso OpenBSD
If so, what's this "tools at your disposal" shit if not plain
disinformation?
> If you want precompiled binaries of alot of apps there is also a
> packages directory on the ftp's.
Let me check... Indeed, you're right! For instance, they can be found
here:
ftp://ftp.openbsd.cz/pub/OpenBSD/3.4/packages/i386
But, tell me, how is a newbie supposed to know he will need
automake-1.4-p6p1.tgz or autossh-1.2d.tgz, or whatever?
So is it by any chance possible that all this easiness of installation
is in fact just a joke on newbies?
GP
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