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2Please be aware that OpenBSD support for this platform is far from
3complete.
4
5OpenBSD can be installed onto a disk by copying the miniroot for your
6board "miniroot-board-{:--:}OSrev.fs" image to an SD card.
7
8Booting from an SD card:
9
10  To use the miniroot image you will need another machine to plug the
11  SD card in to. Any machine type will do, as long as it supports SD card
12  storage devices.  Under OpenBSD, it will appear as a ``sd'' device, for
13  example sd1.
14
15  Use the dd(1) utility to copy the miniroot to the hard drive.
16  The command would likely be, under OpenBSD:
17  	dd if=miniroot-beagle-{:--:}OSrev.fs of=/dev/rsd1c
18
19  When you have connected the BeagleBoard to you computer, a command such
20  as "cu -l cuaU0 -s 115200" (assuming cuaU0 is your serial port device)
21  should connect you to the board's console.
22
23  Note: By default the BeagleBone Black will boot from the internal emmc.
24  In order to make it boot from the micro SD card, you will need to hold down
25  the small button located by the SD card slot while powering on the board.
26  Once you have done this the board will boot from the SD card as the default.
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