* Lars Noodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-09-18 04:22]:
A drawback to the CD-RWs I find
...is that it seems to be impossible to get new ones these days.
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Henning Brauer wrote:
* Lars Noodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-09-18 04:22]:
A drawback to the CD-RWs I find
...is that it seems to be impossible to get new ones these days.
I find the grocery stores have 50- and 100- unit spindles of CD-RW over
in the music section. YMMV. Can't say about the
Has anyone been able to configure a usb flash drive to boot a snapshot
install? I don't like to burn so many cd's. I tried to install via
PXE, but the laptop I use (Thinkpad X24) doesn't support PXE. I've
been able to install 4.3 from usb flash drive thanks to these
instructions:
Joe S wrote:
Has anyone been able to configure a usb flash drive to boot a snapshot
install? ...
It should be a matter of installing to the flash drive a first time,
instead of the the hard disk. Then copy the sets and then point
/etc/boot.conf to /bsd.rd Once that is in place, you have
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:44:38AM -0700, Joe S wrote:
| Has anyone been able to configure a usb flash drive to boot a snapshot
| install? I don't like to burn so many cd's. I tried to install via
| PXE, but the laptop I use (Thinkpad X24) doesn't support PXE. I've
| been able to install 4.3 from
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Joe S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone been able to configure a usb flash drive to boot a snapshot
install? I don't like to burn so many cd's. I tried to install via
PXE, but the laptop I use (Thinkpad X24) doesn't support PXE. I've
been able to install 4.3
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:18:38 -0700, Joe S wrote
Let me clarify what I'm trying to do.
I'm not trying to install OpenBSD on a flash drive.
I'm trying to install OpenBSD on a laptop, with the flash drive being
the bootable source of the installation, much like a CD.
I can't PXE and I'm
Joe S wrote:
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Joe S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone been able to configure a usb flash drive to boot a snapshot
install? I don't like to burn so many cd's. I tried to install via
PXE, but the laptop I use (Thinkpad X24) doesn't support PXE. I've
been able
Stijn wrote:
As others already pointed out:
-Install OpenBSD on a flash drive.
It's possible to install OpenBSD such that the one and only set
installed is bsd.rd. Just deselect all the others, don't set up the
network and answer the other questions carefully.
That makes a bootable usb stick
Paul de Weerd wrote:
For CD's, I tend to use a couple of CD-RW's - most machines these days
can read 'em, it's not such a waste of CDRs and you only have to carry
around one if you have a laptop with CD-RW drive.
That's how I've been doing it for a few years. A sturdy 20-CD wallet at
Ikea
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