Hi,
Kendall Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If I were able to upgrade the bios, I don't know how I will actually
> install openbsd on the disk. Aside from transfering files using
> Xmodem, what is the procedure for actually installing an image onto
> the CF card?
I usually install such systems by booting from install43.iso in a
virtual machine to which the CF card is plugged via usb. I then make a
normal installation on the cf card instead of the hard drive. I did it
with both virtualbox and vmware for both soekris and alix boards.
Before rebooting, you have to edit /etc/boot as follow:
set tty com0
stty com0 38400
and modify the line in /etc/ttys starting with tty00 as follow:
tty00 "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400" vt100 on secure
If you've installed the system through a vm, the CF card will not
appear as the same device node. You'll thus edit /etc/fstab to reflect
the change (usually change sd0 w/ wd0).
Also think to change the network config. Your network card certainly
won't be the same on the vm and on the board.
This way to install OpenBSD is not the simplest one (in regard of the
pxeboot one) but has the advantage to not have to put pxe stuff on the
network.
A+
-AJ
