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 Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386  Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
 release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need  release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
 to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write  to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
 <i>CD1:3.2/i386/floppy31.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.  <i>CD1:3.2/i386/floppy32.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
   
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 Use <i>CD1:3.2/i386/floppyB31.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller  Use <i>CD1:3.2/i386/floppyB32.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
 support, or <i>CD1:3.2/i386/floppyC31.fs</i> for better laptop support.  support, or <i>CD1:3.2/i386/floppyC32.fs</i> for better laptop support.
   
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 If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to read the included INSTALL.i386 document.  If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to read the included INSTALL.i386 document.
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 At the SRM prompt, enter <i>boot -fi 3.2/alpha/bsd.rd dka6</i> where <i>dka6</i>  At the SRM prompt, enter <i>boot -fi 3.2/alpha/bsd.rd dka6</i> where <i>dka6</i>
 is the short name for the CDROM drive (you can check with <i>show dev</i>).  is the short name for the CDROM drive (you can check with <i>show dev</i>).
   
 <p>If you can't boot from CDROM, write <i>CD1:3.2/alpha/floppy31.fs</i> or  <p>If you can't boot from CDROM, write <i>CD1:3.2/alpha/floppy32.fs</i> or
 <i>CD1:3.2/alpha/floppyB31.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and  <i>CD1:3.2/alpha/floppyB32.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
 enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.  enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
   
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 If your sparc does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.  If your sparc does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
 To do so you need to write &quot;CD3:3.2/sparc/floppy31.fs&quot; to a floppy. For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#4.1">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.  To do so you need to write &quot;CD3:3.2/sparc/floppy32.fs&quot; to a floppy. For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#4.1">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
   
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 > <strong>boot floppy</strong>  > <strong>boot floppy</strong>
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 If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write  If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
 <i>CD3:3.2/sparc64/floppy31.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot  <i>CD3:3.2/sparc64/floppy32.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
 floppy</i>.<br>  floppy</i>.<br>
 Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install will most likely fail.  Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install will most likely fail.
   
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