hello, https://tiifp.org/landisk.html
maybe this helps. thomas On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 03:43:34PM +0200, Joel CARNAT wrote: > Hello, > > I have a serial console on my Plextor PX-EH40L which seems to be broken > now (no RX available). After quite a few testings of various OSes, the > disk is now blanked. Until I get a new serial console, I'd like to try > OpenBSD 4.4 on that disk. I couldn't find the procedure to manually > install OpenBSD on it. I'm not talking about the disklabel/fdisk/newfs/tar > part :) I can probably manage that one. I'm more concerned about making > the installation bootable. > > Is the INSTALLBOOT(8) command enough to prepare the disk to boot the system ? > > Let's say I boot OpenBSD/i386 on my laptop. > Prepare and untar /landisk binaries onto /mnt ; the disk being pluggued > via an IDE/USB adapter and recognised as /dev/sd0. > Would the following commands make the disk bootable ? > # cp -p /mnt/usr/mdec/boot /mnt/boot > # /usr/mdec/installboot -v /mnt/boot /mnt/usr/mdec/biosboot sd0 > > TIA, > Jo
