Re: LiveUSB OpenBSD and LiveCD-OpenBSD site updated

2012-04-10 Thread Mihai Popescu
Andres Perera wrote: read very slowly if they don't use the following to boot: * bootp (requires more than one system) * a cd (requires an optical drive) * a floppy (requires a floppy drive) then they boot from hdd. it doesn't matter if it's usb, sata or what have you I think you are

Re: LiveUSB OpenBSD and LiveCD-OpenBSD site updated

2012-04-10 Thread Andres Perera
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:53 AM, Mihai Popescu mih...@gmail.com wrote: Andres Perera wrote: read very slowly if they don't use the following to boot: * bootp (requires more than one system) * a cd (requires an optical drive) * a floppy (requires a floppy drive) then they boot from hdd. it

Re: LiveUSB OpenBSD and LiveCD-OpenBSD site updated

2012-04-09 Thread Mihai Popescu
Andres Perera wote: i don't understand why is such a simple problem turning into drama It is not. As for the understanding part, you need to identify what is stopping you in the first place - is it that english is not your first language and you don't have enough of it, or is it that you read

Re: LiveUSB OpenBSD and LiveCD-OpenBSD site updated

2012-04-09 Thread Andres Perera
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Mihai Popescu mih...@gmail.com wrote: B Andres Perera wote: B i don't understand why is such a simple problem turning into drama It is not. As for the understanding part, you need to identify what is stopping you in the first place - is it that english is not

Re: LiveUSB OpenBSD and LiveCD-OpenBSD site updated

2012-04-09 Thread Ted Unangst
On Mon, Apr 09, 2012, Andres Perera wrote: if they don't use the following to boot: * bootp (requires more than one system) * a cd (requires an optical drive) * a floppy (requires a floppy drive) then they boot from hdd. it doesn't matter if it's usb, sata or what have you there are no

Re: LiveUSB OpenBSD and LiveCD-OpenBSD site updated

2012-04-09 Thread Andres Perera
nope, not all bioses like that my hp mini's bios is only willing to do hdd emulation on usb sticks, so a dd'd iso or floppy image will not suffice (and hey, this inability isn't uncommon either) On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Ted Unangst t...@tedunangst.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 09, 2012, Andres

Re: LiveUSB OpenBSD and LiveCD-OpenBSD site updated

2012-04-07 Thread Nick Holland
On 04/06/12 07:35, Dan Shechter wrote: Hi, Sorry for the newbe question, but what is wrong with what he is doing? Best regards, Dan First of all, OpenBSD is completely free software. we can not, nor do we want to stop anyone from making their own project (or product) based on OpenBSD. That

Re: LiveUSB OpenBSD and LiveCD-OpenBSD site updated

2012-04-07 Thread Andres Perera
i don't understand why is such a simple problem turning into drama On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Nick Holland n...@holland-consulting.net wrote: On 04/06/12 07:35, Dan Shechter wrote: Hi, Sorry for the newbe question, but what is wrong with what he is doing? Best regards, Dan First of

Re: LiveUSB OpenBSD and LiveCD-OpenBSD site updated

2012-04-06 Thread Mihai Popescu
Andres Perera andres.p () zoho ! com if you cant install through network because you only got one machine So you can't install OpenBSD but you CAN download the pre-made OpenBSD images? and feel that guerrilla overwriting your mbr after installing the locks within another os in order to do a

Re: LiveUSB OpenBSD and LiveCD-OpenBSD site updated

2012-04-06 Thread Jan Stary
On Apr 06 09:47:01, Mihai Popescu wrote: Andres Perera andres.p () zoho ! com if you cant install through network because you only got one machine So you can't install OpenBSD but you CAN download the pre-made OpenBSD images? and feel that guerrilla overwriting your mbr after

Re: LiveUSB OpenBSD and LiveCD-OpenBSD site updated

2012-04-06 Thread Andres Perera
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Mihai Popescu mih...@gmail.com wrote: Andres Perera andres.p () zoho ! com if you cant install through network because you only got one machine So you can't install OpenBSD but you CAN download the pre-made OpenBSD images? need another machine for bootp and

Re: LiveUSB OpenBSD and LiveCD-OpenBSD site updated

2012-04-06 Thread Dan Shechter
Hi, Sorry for the newbe question, but what is wrong with what he is doing? Best regards, Dan On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Jan Stary h...@stare.cz wrote: On Apr 01 21:30:58, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: After a long long time. Sigh. Please stop spreading this. All it does is give wrong

Re: LiveUSB OpenBSD and LiveCD-OpenBSD site updated

2012-04-02 Thread Jan Stary
On Apr 01 21:30:58, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: After a long long time. Sigh. Please stop spreading this. All it does is give wrong instruction and diverts people who should instead read http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#flashmemLive

Re: LiveUSB OpenBSD and LiveCD-OpenBSD site updated

2012-04-02 Thread Andres Perera
? he is hosting *pre-made* bootable usb images if you cant install through network because you only got one machine, don't have a cd drive (e.g. netbook), and feel that guerrilla overwriting your mbr after installing the locks within another os in order to do a hdd boot is too risky, you're left

Re: LiveUSB OpenBSD and LiveCD-OpenBSD site updated

2012-04-02 Thread Tomas Bodzar
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Jan Stary h...@stare.cz wrote: On Apr 01 21:30:58, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: After a long long time. Sigh. Please stop spreading this. All it does is give wrong instruction and diverts people who should instead read