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See the Installation Notes for more details. |
See the Installation Notes for more details. |
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<h3><font color=#0000e0>Install media</font></h3> |
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A number of install options exist: |
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<li><strong>CD boot:</strong><p> |
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Booting off the CD provides an El Torido 2.88MB floppy image |
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that contains almost all OpenBSD drivers.<p> |
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<li><strong>Floppy A:</strong><p> |
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This 1.44MB floppy image contains the most common drivers. As a general rule, |
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you will find that the missing drivers are ones which need large microcodes |
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to run. This includes a few of the more rare scsi cards, gigabit ethernet |
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cards, or RAID devices.<p> |
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<li><strong>Floppy B:</strong><p> |
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This 1.44MB floppy image contains the drivers that are missing on Floppy A. |
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Due to space considerations, you will find that some other drivers are missing. |
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In particular, support for most PCMCIA devices are missing, as are really |
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ancient hardware devices. In some ways, this media is designed to help people |
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setting up modern server type systems, since it contains almost all the SCSI |
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and RAID drivers.<p> |
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<li><strong>Floppy C:</strong><p> |
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This 1.44MB floppy image contains many cardbus and pcmcia device drivers. It |
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is an excellent choice to use for laptops. In most cases, one would discover |
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that Floppy A also works, but the odd laptop might benefit more from using this |
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image.<p> |
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Use the method that works best for you. |
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<h3><font color=#0000e0>Binary compatibility with other Operating Systems:</font></h3> |
<h3><font color=#0000e0>Binary compatibility with other Operating Systems:</font></h3> |
The OpenBSD/i386 port can run Linux, FreeBSD, BSD/OS, |
The OpenBSD/i386 port can run Linux, FreeBSD, BSD/OS, |
SVR4 (including Solaris), and IBCS2 binaries. |
SVR4 (including Solaris), and IBCS2 binaries. |