> From: Scott McEachern <sc...@erratic.ca> > Subject: Re: Buying ThinkPad for OpenBSD > To: "James Hozier" <guitars...@yahoo.com> > Cc: misc@openbsd.org > Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 3:24 AM > > Save yourself some grief: > > 1) get a $5 USB stick from $discount_store > 2) install a OpenBSD on a bootable partition on the stick > 3) boot the laptop into OpenBSD from the USB stick > 4) examine the dmesg output, and save a copy > > If you don't have physical access to the laptop (eg. buying > online) then you're SOL and can only hope for the > best. I'm sure others here will point out that the > "SuperCard 2000" might have the same packaging outside, but > different chipsets inside. > > Booting it and looking at a dmesg is the only way to know > 100%. > > -- - RSM > www.erratic.ca > >
Is there an official guide somewhere for making a bootable OpenBSD USB drive? I have a 2GB USB drive my school gave me and I never use it.
