Hitchhiker's Guide to Openbsd

4 - OpenBSD 4.9 Installation Guide
Table of Contents
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4.1 - Overview of the OpenBSD installation procedure
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4.2 - Pre-installation checklist
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4.3 - Creating bootable OpenBSD install media
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4.3.1 - Creating a boot CD
 
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4.3.2 - Creating floppies on Unix
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4.3.3 - Creating floppies on Windows
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4.4 - Booting OpenBSD install media
 
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4.5 - Performing a simple install
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4.5.1 - Starting the install
 
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4.5.2 - The Install Questions
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4.5.3 - Setting up disks
 
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4.5.4 - Choosing installation media and file sets
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4.5.5 - First Boot!
 
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4.5.6 - One Last Thing...
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4.6 - Details for a more complex install
 
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4.6.1 - Setting up the network
 
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4.6.2 - Setting the time zone
 
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4.6.3 - Custom fdisk(8) layout
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4.6.4 - Custom disklabel layout
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4.7 - What files are needed for installation?
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4.8 - How should I partition my disk?
 
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4.9 - Multibooting OpenBSD/i386
 
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4.10 - Sending your dmesg to [e-mail] after the install
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4.11 - Adding a file set after install
 
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4.12 - What is 'bsd.rd'?
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4.13 - Common installation problems
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4.13.1 - My Compaq only recognizes 16M RAM
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4.13.2 - My i386 won't boot after install
 
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4.13.3 - My machine booted, but hung at the ssh-keygen process
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4.13.4 - I got the message "Failed to change directory" when doing an install
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4.13.5 - My fdisk partition table is trashed or blank!
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4.13.6 - I have no floppy or CD-ROM on my machine
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4.13.7 - I got an SHA256 mismatch during install!
 
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4 - OpenBSD 4.9 Installation Guide
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4.14 - Customizing the install process
 
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4.15 - How can I install a number of similar systems?
 
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4.16 - How can I get a dmesg(8) to report an install problem?