I realise my first post was a bit vague (vacation, some gløgg, plus various other excuses) so here's an update (transcript from screenshots) ...
On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:27:38 +0100 Thomas Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was handed a craptop that I want to install OpenBSD on but since the > DVD drive is busted and it cannot boot from USB my only real choice is > to use PXE. > > PXE boots bsd.rd just fine (after a while), but when I get to the install > script and I press 'i' to install, the prompt prints 'iiiiiiiiiiiiiii'. (disclaimer: some typos may occur) --- >>> Intel UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 082) Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation For Realtek RTL8110S/8169S Gigabit Ethernet Controller v1.30 (041001) CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 0F ... CLIENT IP: 10.0.0.32 MASK: 255.255.255.0 DHCP IP: 10.0.0.1 GATEWAY IP: 10.0.0.1 probing: pc0 com0 pci pxe![2.1] mem[639K 1022M a20=on] disk: fd0 hd0+* net: mac 00:0f:b0:99:2e:4d, ip 10.0.0.32, s... >> OpenBSD/i386 PXEBOOT 2.03 boot> boot tftp:/bsd.rd booting tftp:/bsd.rd 6023560\ (takes about a minute to complete) entry point at 0x288120 Copyright (c) 1982 ... Copyright (c) 1995-2012 OpenBSD ... OpenBSD 5.2-current (RAMDISK_CD) #10: Sun Dec 23 13:57:05 MST 2012 deraadt@i386.... cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class") [...] scsibus1 at softraid0: 256 targets PXE boot MAC address 00:0f:b0:99:2e:4d, interface re0 root on rd0a swap on rd0b dump on rd0b erase ^?, werase ^W, kill ^U, intr ^C, status ^T Welcome to the OpenBSD/i386 5.2 installation program. (I)nstall, (U)pgrade, or (S)hell? iiiiiiiii <<<--- So one keypress on 'i' spits out between 5 and 20 'i's depending on how quick I am at the keyboard. Notice above that the boot> prompt works just fine. I hit enter and ... --->>> At any prompt except password prompts you can escape .... [...] Choose your keyboard layout ('?' or 'L' for list [default] System hostname? (short form, e.g. 'foo') System hostname? (short form, e.g. 'foo') System hostname? (short form, e.g. 'foo') System hostname? (short form, e.g. 'foo') System hostname? (short form, e.g. 'foo') System hostname? (short form, e.g. 'foo') System hostname? (short form, e.g. 'foo') <<<--- If I try to type anything here it'll be something like "eeeeeeeexxxxxxaaaaammmmmpppppllllllleeeee".
