Howto create a bootable OpenBSD install CD

[mips]

Ok, if you don't have money or can't wait for your cd to be delivered to you then you can make your own.

These instructions are for OpenBSD 4.1 i386 arch.

Open a terminal:

mips@obelix ~ $ cd /tmp
mips@obelix /tmp $ mkdir -p OpenBSD/4.1/i386
mips@obelix /tmp $ cd OpenBSD/4.1/i386
mips@obelix /tmp/OpenBSD/4.1/i386 $ wget ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.1/i386/*
mips@obelix /tmp/OpenBSD/4.1/i386 $ cd ../../
mips@obelix /tmp/OpenBSD $ mkisofs -v -r -T -J -V "OpenBSD41" -b 4.1/i386/cdrom41.fs -c boot.catalog -o OpenBSD41.iso /tmp/OpenBSD/
mips@obelix /tmp/OpenBSD $ ls -l
total 228740
drwxr-xr-x 3 mips root 4096 2007-09-19 08:14 4.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 mips root 233990144 2007-09-19 08:21 OpenBSD41.iso
mips@obelix /tmp/OpenBSD $ md5sum OpenBSD41.iso
6f9da8e42d4c0953364624c55733793b OpenBSD41.iso


Now burn the image to disc with your favourite burner !

[Bachstelze]

And for those who want to run the 4.2 development version (for example because, like mine, their nvidia card is relatively new and requires Xorg 7.2), a full installation ISO is available at :

ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/i386/install42.iso