Madhusudan Singh wrote:

> Gregory Toomey wrote:
>
>> Madhusudan Singh wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I am trying to install OpenBSD 3.6 (no prior OpenBSD or BSD experience,
>>> but
>>> plenty of Linux experience) on a Dell Poweredge server (SC420).
>>>
>>> I used ntrw.exe on a winxp platform to create a floppyb36.fs image and
>>> booted with the floppy. The kernel loads with boot bsd (no bsd.rd file
>>> on the floppy - just one boot file and one bsd file (using ls on boot>
>>> prompt).
>>>
>>> Now the install complains that :
>>>
>>> pciide0 : channel 1 ignored (not responding; disabled or drives ?)
>>> pciide1 at pci0 at dev 31 function 2 vendor "Intel", unknown product
>>> 0x2652
>>> rev 0x03 : DMA (unsupported), channel 0 configured to native-PCI,
>>> channel 1 configured to native-PCI
>>>
>>> wd0 at pciide1 channel 0 drive 0 : <Maxtor 6Y160M0>
>>> ....
>>> ....
>>>
>>> ....
>>>
>>> rd0 : fixed, 3560 blocks
>>>
>>> All the above is white text on a blue (selected style) background on a
>>> dark screen.
>>>
>>> The keyboard and everything appears to be dead as the three finger
>>> salute does not work, though I do see messages like :
>>>
>>> wskbd0 at pckbd0 : console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
>>>
>>> I was under the impression that OpenBSD, a derivative of NetBSD, ran on
>>> almost every platform. I have read about the reputation of OpenBSD
>>> security, so naturally chose it over FreeBSD and Slackware (which I am a
>>> lot more familiar with). Is my platform supported ? If not, should I try
>>> FreeBSD 5.3 Release ?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> I'm very surprised. I've run openbsd on various platforms and the basic
>> install works.
>>
>> I always boot openbsd from a CD. You could try that.
>>
>> gtoomey
>
>
> I could not find any ISO images for OpenBSD. I imagine that this is done
> to encourage people to buy the software.
>
> At present, I am not certain I will stick to OpenBSD (just finished
> installing FreeBSD on the server), so I wish to try it out first. I have
> heard that OpenBSD is a lot more secure than FreeBSD, so I do want to try
> it out.

Its actually very simple to install. I've got my 83 year old mother using it!
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Make 2 cds from the mirrors from http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html#ftp

cd 1 - iso
eg ftp://openbsd.informatik.uni-erlange.../i386/cd36.iso


cd 2: - regular data cd
copy *tgz from
ftp://openbsd.informatik.uni-erlange...nBSD/3.6/i386/
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Basic setup

Gateway: /etc/mygate:
99.99.99.99

dns server: /etc/resolv.conf
domain site
nameserver 99.99.99.99

NIC: for a realtek 8139: /etc/hostname.rl0
inet 99.99.99.99 255.255.255.0 99.99.99.99

config X:
x686cfg

kde:
pkg_add -v ftp://openbsd.informatik.uni-erlange...base-3.2.3.tgz
startkde


gtoomey