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1dnl	$OpenBSD: install,v 1.52 2017/03/04 22:46:19 tj Exp $
2OpenBSDInstallPrelude
3
4There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk.  The easiest way,
5should your computer support it, is to boot off an OpenBSD CD-ROM,
6USB key, or off one of the bootable CD-ROM mini images.  Otherwise, you
7can boot from a 3.5" 1.44MB floppy disk if your machine has a floppy drive.
8If your machine supports PXE network boots, you could try to configure a
9server for a network install.
10
11OpenBSDInstallPart2
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13	If you are using CD-ROM, USB key or floppy media, ensure the media is
14	present before starting.
15
16	Reboot the computer to begin the install.  You might have to play
17	with your BIOS options to get the computer to boot from the
18	correct installation media (floppy, CD, USB key or network/PXE) rather
19	than from the hard disk.
20
21	If you are installing across the network with PXE, you will need
22	to tell pxeboot to get the bsd.rd install kernel:
23
24	    boot> boot bsd.rd
25
26	It can take a while to load the kernel from a floppy, slow speed
27	CD-ROM drive, or across a network, most likely more than a minute.
28	If some action doesn't eventually happen, or the spinning cursor
29	has stopped and nothing further has happened, either your boot
30	floppy is bad or you are having hardware problems. If trying
31	another floppy disk doesn't help, try booting after disabling your
32	CPU's internal and external caches (if any).  If it still doesn't
33	work, OpenBSD probably can't be run on your hardware.  This can
34	probably be considered a bug, so you might want to report it.  If
35	you do, please {:-include-:} as many details about your system
36	configuration as you can.
37
38OpenBSDInstallPart3
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40OpenBSDInstallPart4
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42OpenBSDInstallMBRPart1
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44OpenBSDInstallMBRPart2(verily)
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46OpenBSDInstallPart5({:-
47	If you have DOS or Linux partitions defined on the disk, these
48	will usually show up as partition 'i', 'j' and so on.-:})
49
50OpenBSDInstallPart6({:-CD-ROM, -:})
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52OpenBSDURLInstall
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54OpenBSDCDROMInstall
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56OpenBSDDISKInstall({:-"wdN" or -:},,{:- or MS-DOS-:})
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58OpenBSDCommonInstall
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60OpenBSDInstallWrapup
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62OpenBSDCongratulations
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66OpenBSDUnattendedInstallation
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