Hitchhiker's Guide to Openbsd

4.5.4 - Choosing installation media and file sets
Next, you will get a chance to choose your installation media. In this case, we will install from an FTP server. 
Location of sets? (cd disk ftp http or 'done') [cd] ftp
HTTP/FTP proxy URL? (e.g. 'http://proxy:8080', or 'none') [none] Enter
Server? (hostname, list#, 'done' or '?') [mirror.example.org] obsd.cec.mtu.edu
If you can't remember your favorite (or any!) mirror's location, the installer will often be able to come up with a default 
of a mirror which will work well for you. Otherwise, hit "?" to have a list of mirrors displayed, and select the number of a 
mirror that will work well for you. 
Server directory? [pub/OpenBSD/4.9/i386] Enter
Login? [anonymous] Enter
The public FTP mirrors all support anonymous downloads, of course, but you may have a local machine which requires a 
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login and password. 
You can now adjust the list of 
file sets
. 
Select sets by entering a set name, a file name pattern or 'all'. De-select
sets by prepending a '-' to the set name, file name pattern or 'all'. Selected
sets are labelled '[X]'.
[X] bsd [X] etc49.tgz [X] xbase49.tgz [X] xserv49.tgz
[X] bsd.rd XXX [X] comp49.tgz [X] xetc49.tgz
[ ] bsd.mp [X] man49.tgz [X] xshare49.tgz
[X] base49.tgz [X] game49.tgz [X] xfont49.tgz
Set name(s)? (or 'abort' or 'done') [done] Enter
At a bare minimum, you need to have a kernel (
bsd
), the base49.tgz and etc49.tgz file sets. Unless you know what you 
are doing, stick with the default sets. You can add and remove file sets using "+" and "-" chars in front of the file set 
name, and also use wildcards: 
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