On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:30:15 +0000 (UTC) Stuart Henderson
<stu@spacehopper.org> wrote:

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> On 2010-03-16, Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> wrote:
> > I have the apparently common problem of CD2 (amd64) from the
> > OpenBSD distro not booting on an IBM x336. And of course there's no
> > floppy and the box won't boot off a USB device at all.
> >
> > One of the avenues I'm considering is booting off the i386 CD1 and
> > then using the CD2 disc for the install data. Will that work, or
> > will the i386 install still load up some inappropriate i386 items
> > (eg the boot sector)?
> >
> > Has anyone done this?
> 
> if it doesn't boot at all, follow the basic method in 4.2 errata 003
> http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html

The "VMware August Surprise" approach keeps looking better and
better. ;)