Re: Boot by USB thumb for installation

2007-06-25 Thread Graeme Neilson 
This is related and may be of interest to some ppl. I have posted some
modifications to the excellent LiveCD instructions by Andreas Bihlmaier to
create a Live USB (if you have a USB key thingie and you want to save space)

http://openbsd-wiki.org/index.php?title=LiveUSB

G


On 6/24/07, Alex Kwan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi!

 Because the laptop doesn't have a CD-ROM.
 can the OpenBSD boot by the USB thumb for installation?
 (the BIOS supported boot by USB hard disk).

 thanks!

Boot by USB thumb for installation

2007-06-23 Thread Alex Kwan 
Hi!

Because the laptop doesn't have a CD-ROM.
can the OpenBSD boot by the USB thumb for installation?
(the BIOS supported boot by USB hard disk).

thanks!

Re: Boot by USB thumb for installation

2007-06-23 Thread James Turner 
On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 11:18:20PM +0800, Alex Kwan wrote:
 Hi!
 
 Because the laptop doesn't have a CD-ROM.
 can the OpenBSD boot by the USB thumb for installation?
 (the BIOS supported boot by USB hard disk).
 
 thanks!

Yes, you can install OpenBSD onto a usb hard drive and then boot it and
run bsd.rd to install OpenBSD onto your laptops hard drive.

-- 
James Turner
BSD Group Consulting
http://www.bsdgroup.org