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2Installation is supported from several media types, including:
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4	CD-ROM
5	FFS partitions
6	DOS (FAT) partitions
7dnl	EXT2 partitions
8	Tape
9dnl	Remote NFS partition
10	FTP
11	HTTP
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13If you can't (or don't want to) boot off a CD-ROM, you can use a floppy
14disk (1.44MB required).  Failing that, if your computer supports PXE, you
15can prepare a server to start the install across the network, but you will
16still need the install sets available on one of the above media types.
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18OpenBSDXferFloppyFromDOS
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20OpenBSDXferFloppyFromUNIX
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22Creating a PXE network bootable setup using OpenBSD or other Un*x-like system:
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24	In order to start the install via PXE, you will need to set up a
25	DHCP server and a TFTP server.  The details of how to do this
26	vary considerably, depending on the network's host.  You should
27	refer to the relevant man pages or administrator's guide for the
28	host system.
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30	The DHCP server should return "pxeboot" to MACHINE clients as the
31	network boot program.  Both pxeboot and the bsd.rd install kernel
32	should be copied to the TFTP server's root directory.
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34	If you are using an OpenBSD server, you can use the supplied
35	dhcpd and tftpd.  A sample configuration for dhcpd is given in
36	the pxeboot(8) man page.  You can get it from the man{:--:}OSrev.tgz
37	distribution set, or see the copy on the OpenBSD web page.  You
38	should also refer to dhcpd(8) and tftpd(8) for more information
39	on configuring them.
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42OpenBSDXferShortPrelude
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44OpenBSDXferBareTape(xbase xetc xfont xserv xshare)
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46dnl OpenBSDXferNFS
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48OpenBSDXferFFS
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