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Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the

use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when

installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>

<ul>

<li>

The OpenBSD/i386 release is on CD1.

Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust

your BIOS options first.

<p>

<li>

If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install59.fs</i> or

<i>miniroot59.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.

<p>

<li>

If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,

you can install across the network using PXE as described in

the included INSTALL.i386 document.

<p>

<li>

If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to

read INSTALL.i386.

</ul>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>

<ul>

<li>

The OpenBSD/amd64 release is on CD2.

Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust

your BIOS options first.

<p>

<li>

If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install59.fs</i> or

<i>miniroot59.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.

<p>

<li>

If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,

you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included

INSTALL.amd64 document.

<p>

<li>

If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to

read INSTALL.amd64.

</ul>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>

<ul>

<li>

Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine

while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and

shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.

<p>

<li>

Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot

/5.9/macppc/bsd.rd</i>

</ul>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>

<ul>

Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.

<li>

Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.

<p>

<li>

If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write

<i>CD3:5.9/sparc64/floppy59.fs</i> or <i>CD3:5.9/sparc64/floppyB59.fs</i>

(depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot

floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.

<p>

<li>

Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install

will most likely fail.

<p>

<li>

You can also write <i>CD3:5.9/sparc64/miniroot59.fs</i> to the swap partition on

the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.

<p>

<li>

If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.

</ul>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>Write <i>FTP:5.9/alpha/floppy59.fs</i> or

<li>

Write <i>FTP:5.9/alpha/floppy59.fs</i> or

<i>FTP:5.9/alpha/floppyB59.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and

enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.

<p>

<li>

Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install

will most likely fail.

</ul>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

<li>

Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the

<a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.

</ul>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

<li>

Write <i>miniroot59.fs</i> to the start of the CF

or disk, and boot normally.

</ul>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

<li>

Write <i>miniroot59.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it

or boot bsd.rd via tftp.

Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.

</ul>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

<li>

Copy `boot' and `bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader

from the PROM, and then bsd.rd from the bootloader.

Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.

</ul>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

<li>

After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.

Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.

</ul>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

<li>

To install, burn cd59.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your

machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance

menu. Indigo/Indy/Indigo2 (R4000) systems will not boot automatically from

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Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.

<p>

<li>

If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can setup a DHCP/tftp network

server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using the kernel matching your

system type. Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.

</ul>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

<li>

After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.

Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.

</ul>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>

<ul>

<li>

Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.

</ul>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

<li>

Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the

openbsd59_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus

for a few important details.

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<p>

<h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>

<p>

If you already have an OpenBSD 5.8 system, and do not want to reinstall,

upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the

<a href="faq/upgrade59.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.