On Sep 28 09:40:54, Jordi Beltran Creix wrote: > I am NOT trying to boot my root partition using bsd.rd. Although I see > that I can using the -a option. I was trying to get a bsd.rd image > like the one from the CDs, with the Install Upgrade and Shell options.
Is still don't get it. You already have one in /bsd.rd on your machine. If you want a newer one (for some reason), then you can "get" it from ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/i386/bsd.rd Why do you need it? What do you want do do with it? > I followed the instructions from release(8) closely but the generated > binary is the same - it tells me it tries to boot from the ramdisk > device and that it has size 0 and reboots. I don't intend it to use as > a way to upgrade, it is easier to download the newer snapshots, I was > just testing the functionality. What functionality? > I am obviously missing something and this is why I asked. I am obviously missing any clue what you are trying to actually do. > >> I am using a virtual machine to try and follow -CURRENT.I have > >> installed a snapshot, > >> downloaded the cvs source, built it and run to > >> see if it worked, up to there everything is okay. You do have -current then. > > http://openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#bsd.rd > > bsd.rd is used to install, upgrade or doing system maintenance. It's not > > used to boot of your machine for normal usage. Jan
