-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:50:30 +0100 > Von: Raimo Niskanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: misc@openbsd.org > Betreff: Re: : booting openbsd on eee without cd-rom
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 03:29:46PM +0100, Stefan Kell wrote: > > Hello, > > > > On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, frantisek holop wrote: > > > > >hmm, on Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 11:21:40AM -0500, Nick Holland said that > > >>frantisek holop wrote: > > >>>hmm, on Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 09:45:27AM -0500, Nick Holland said that > > >>>>(short version: just do a normal install to the flash disk) > > >>> > > >>>how do i boot bsd.rd to make an install to the flash disk? > > >>>chicken egg. i dont have an usb cdrom, nor floppy disk. > > >>>only usb media. i need to create a bootable usb media... > > >>> > > >>>-f > > >> > > >>see the referenced thread... > > >> > > >>Prep the install device on another machine. Other machine just needs > > > > > >should have been clearer probably... > > >i am on the road. there is no other machine... > > >all i have is the eee and the internet and the usb media. > > > > > > > > >my understanding of the boot process process for i386 tells me, > > >all i need is ia bootsector from someone who already has an openbsd > > >bootable usb media and the instructions which bytes to change > > >based on what :) (where is boot(8) on my usb media) > > > > > > > see man installboot and man biosboot: you can't do this easily because > > installboot will patch biosboot for the locationinfo of boot. And you > don't > > have this information beforehand. > > > > >OR > > > > > >something like the zaurus process... install a linux package > > >and can run bsd.rd directly from linux. i think this one is > > >becoming more and more needed for i386 too, in this world of > > >floppyless, cdromless devices... a little utility that > > >can run bsd.rd from linux/dos... > > > > > >>but it would be cheaper to just prep it on another machine. :) > > > > > >i definitely agree. but if someone is so intimate with the > > >boot sector code that can give me this info, saves a lot of > > >hassle for me. thats why i wrote to the list, maybe someone > > >really is... > > > > > > > > >>(some people will say dd the floppy image onto the flash device, but > > >>the functionality of that depends upon your BIOS's USB boot code. > > > > > >i havent tried this one yet, but just for the kicks i tried > > >cd42.iso an that of course didnt work. > > > > dd floppy image does boot on the eee, but biosboot stops with "ERR M". > > Installing OpenBSD to an USB stick definitly works. One other solution > > might be > > "flashboot", see "http://www.mindrot.org/projects/flashboot/";. There are > > binary > > images available at "http://tilde.se/flashboot/";. "zcat GENERIC-RD.image > | > > dd > > of=/dev/sd0" under Linux on the eee should give you a bootable USB-Stick > > (/dev/sd0 as an example). But I didn't try this myself. > > > > Anyway, OpenBSD will boot but ethernet does not work: The wired adapter > is > > not > > suppoerted, and the wireless driver reports an error and does not work > :-( > > > > Then one could create such a bootable image and throw in the file sets > too, > that is: most of the /4.2/i386 download directory except install42.iso, > but the size would be about 250 MByte. > > If the ethernet adapters does not work, what is the use? To get this nice little thingy working, of course.
