Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
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Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
details on how to install OpenBSD 2.3 on your machine:
Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
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i386:
+i386:
Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.3/i386/floppy23.fs to a
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be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
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ARC:
+ARC:
Using CD1, tell the BOOT ROM to load the file CD1:\2.3\arc\bsd.rd. If
that does not work, create a MS-DOS filesystem using your vendor's arc
setup program, copy CD1:2.3/arc/bsd.rd to there and attempt to boot
it.
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SPARC:
+SPARC:
To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.3/sparc/bsd.rd", or
"b sd(0,6,0)2.3/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
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the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
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PMAX:
+PMAX:
Write the simpleroot23.fs onto the start of the disk using dd on another
machine. After moving the disk drive, use "boot -f rz(0,0,0)/bsd"
(2100/3100) or "boot 5/rz0a/bsd" (5000). Alternatively, install via
network as described in detail in INSTALL.pmax.
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AMIGA:
+AMIGA:
Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
CLI command: "CD0:2.3/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.3/amiga/bsd.rd".
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HP300:
+HP300:
You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
INSTALL.hp300.
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ALPHA:
+ALPHA:
Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
can try "boot -fi 2.3/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
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floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
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MAC68K:
+MAC68K:
Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
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partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
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MVME68K:
+MVME68K:
Theo has no real idea. In the rush to get everything else done, the
install stuff for the mvme68k was never completed. Enough pieces are
included so that a really skilled person could find a way to install
it; perhaps using netbooting. Good luck!
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