On Jan 30, 2008 7:16 AM, frantisek holop <minusf@obiit.org> wrote:

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> hmm, on Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 11:21:40AM -0500, Nick Holland said that
> > frantisek holop wrote:
> > >hmm, on Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 09:45:27AM -0500, Nick Holland said that
> > >>(short version: just do a normal install to the flash disk)
> > >
> > >how do i boot bsd.rd to make an install to the flash disk?
> > >chicken egg.  i dont have an usb cdrom, nor floppy disk.
> > >only usb media.  i need to create a bootable usb media...
> > >
> > >-f
> >
> > see the referenced thread...
> >
> > Prep the install device on another machine.  Other machine just needs
>
> should have been clearer probably...
> i am on the road.  there is no other machine...
> all i have is the eee and the internet and the usb media.
>
>
> my understanding of the boot process process for i386 tells me,
> all i need is ia bootsector from someone who already has an openbsd
> bootable usb media and the instructions which bytes to change
> based on what :) (where is boot(8) on my usb media)
>
> OR
>
> something like the zaurus process...  install a linux package
> and can run bsd.rd directly from linux.  i think this one is
> becoming more and more needed for i386 too, in this world of
> floppyless, cdromless devices...  a little utility that
> can run bsd.rd from linux/dos...
>
> > but it would be cheaper to just prep it on another machine. :)
>
> i definitely agree.  but if someone is so intimate with the
> boot sector code that can give me this info, saves a lot of
> hassle for me.  thats why i wrote to the list, maybe someone
> really is...
>
>
> > (some people will say dd the floppy image onto the flash device, but
> > the functionality of that depends upon your BIOS's USB boot code.
>
> i havent tried this one yet, but just for the kicks i tried
> cd42.iso an that of course didnt work.
>
> -f
> --
> recursive, adj.; see recursive
>
> Have you tried cdbr instead of cd42.iso?

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