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2OpenBSDInstallPrelude
3
4There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk.  The easiest way,
5should your computer support it, is to boot off the OpenBSD CD-ROM, or
6off one of the bootable CD-ROM mini images.  Otherwise, you can boot
7from a 3.5" 1.44MB floppy disk if your machine has a floppy drive.
8If your machine supports PXE network boots, you could try to configure a
9server for a network install.  If your machine can boot from a USB device,
10having a USB key with a minimal install is another possibility.
11
12OpenBSDInstallPart2
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14	If you are using CD-ROM or floppy media, ensure the disk is in
15	the drive before starting.
16
17	Reboot the computer to begin the install.  You might have to play
18	with your BIOS options to get the computer to boot from the
19	correct installation media (floppy, CD, or network/PXE) rather
20	than from the hard disk.
21
22	If you are installing across the network with PXE, you will need
23	to tell pxeboot to get the bsd.rd install kernel:
24
25	    boot> boot bsd.rd
26
27	It can take a while to load the kernel from a floppy, slow speed
28	CD-ROM drive, or across a network, most likely more than a minute.
29	If some action doesn't eventually happen, or the spinning cursor
30	has stopped and nothing further has happened, either your boot
31	floppy is bad or you are having hardware problems. If trying
32	another floppy disk doesn't help, try booting after disabling your
33	CPU's internal and external caches (if any).  If it still doesn't
34	work, OpenBSD probably can't be run on your hardware.  This can
35	probably be considered a bug, so you might want to report it.  If
36	you do, please {:-include-:} as many details about your system
37	configuration as you can.
38
39OpenBSDInstallPart3
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41OpenBSDInstallPart4
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43OpenBSDInstallMBRPart1
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45OpenBSDInstallMBRPart2(verily)
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47OpenBSDInstallPart5({:-
48	If you have DOS or Linux partitions defined on the disk, these
49	will usually show up as partition 'i', 'j' and so on.-:})
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51OpenBSDInstallPart6({:-CD-ROM, -:})
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53OpenBSDURLInstall
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55OpenBSDCDROMInstall
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57OpenBSDDISKInstall({:-"wdN" or -:},,{:- or MS-DOS-:})
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59OpenBSDCommonInstall
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61OpenBSDInstallWrapup
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63OpenBSDCongratulations
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67OpenBSDUnattendedInstallation
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