Just to share my personal experiences with the OpenBSD Installer, I thought I

would add to this thread.
I was a Free OS's *nix newbie trying to get around. At first, I tried Beta

Stampede Linux, but it couldn't handle the hardware on my laptop. I could not

figure out how to fix it, and it took me hours to read and guess about how it

was supposed to boot up. Then I tried a Suse disc that someone gave me. Seemed

to install great, except for the fact that it *didn't* work afterwards, and I

couldn't figure out what on earth was going on. So, then Mandrake, but that

just plain didn't work.
Enter OpenBSD. I read a few docs, that take maybe half an hour to an hour,

figure out a partition scheme, install. First try, first settings, system

boots, and works: I am an OpenBSD fan since. Hardware was all recognized, the

boot worked without bugging up with X (at that time my graphics card was a bit

weird), and my media drives were all easily detected. Does it get any easier?
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