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except for the scripts saying “HTTP” instead of “FTP.” If you have a choice, use FTP. (FTP is a more reliable protocol for transferring large amounts of data than HTTP.) HTTP/FTP proxy URL? (e.g. ‘http://proxy:8080′, or ‘none’) [none] If you are behind a FTP or HTTP proxy server, you […]

Installation Media Now that you have a network connection and a disk to put files on, you can tell the system where to install from. You will now specify the location and names of the install sets you want to load. You will be able to repeat this step until […]

Root Password The installer will now ask you for your root password. Your root password should be several characters long and include a mix of upper and lower case alphanumeric characters and symbols. Password for root account (will not echo): Password (again): Be sure you remember […]

system is talking to the network. Try to ping the host you plan to install OpenBSD from or your default gateway. While not all the standard UNIX commands are available on the install disk, quite a few basic tools are. Type ‘exit’ to return to install. # ping 192.168.1.1 […]

status: active 1 fxp1: flags=8802 mtu 1500 address: 00:02:b3:63:e3:ec media: Ethernet autoselect (none) status: no carrier 2 The 1 fxp0 card is connected to the network at 100 megabits full duplex and is active, while the 2 fxp1 card is not connected and hence […]

Network Setup Now that you have disks to write information on, the installer will prompt you for networking information. Enter system hostname (short form, e.g. ‘foo’): openbsdtest If you’ve been around networks for any length of time, you’ve probably seen host names that include a domain name, such […]

Final Disk Configuration Once you have labeled all of your disks, you’ll see the following message: Done - no available disks found. You have configured the following partitions and mount points: wd0a / wd0d /usr wd0e /var sd0a /database sd1d /home […]

In most cases, it’s easier to just delete and recreate the partitions. In this example, though, we correct a very obvious mistake with the mount point of the partition. > m partition to modify: [] a FS type: [4.2BSD] offset: [63] size: [1024065] mount point: [/usr] / > Deleting […]

Other Disklabel Operations The disklabel editor is extraordinarily powerful and will let you do many things. Most of these functions should never be necessary, but are available if you need them. disklabel(8) also has many functions that are not intended for use when installing a system, but are useful when […]

Subsequent Disks If you have more than one hard drive, the installer dumps you back at the beginning of the hard drive dialog. Available disks are: sd0 sd1. Which one do you wish to initialize? (or done) [done] sd0 If your other hard drives will not be […]