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+Installation is supported from several media types, including:
+
+	FFS partitions
+	Tape
+	Remote NFS partition
+	FTP
+	HTTP
+
+The first thing you will need to do is create a bootable disk.
+This may be a floppy or a hard disk (floppy is simplest).
+
+If you have a floppy drive on your alpha:
+
+	If you are using a UN*X-like system to write the floppy image to
+	disk, you should use the "dd" command to copy the file system image
+	(floppy.fs) directly to the raw floppy disk.  It is suggested
+	that you read the dd(1) manual page or ask your system administrator
+	to determine the correct set of arguments to use; it will be slightly
+	different from system to system, and a comprehensive list of the
+	possibilities is beyond the scope of this document.
+
+	If you are using a DOS PC to write the floppy image to disk, you
+	should use the "rawrite" utility, provided in the "i386/inst"
+	directory of the OpenBSD distribution.  It will write the file
+	system image (floppy.fs) to a disk.
+
+	Note that, when installing, the floppy can be write-protected (i.e.
+	read-only).
+
+If you don't have a floppy drive on your alpha:
+
+	If you don't have a floppy drive you can copy the floppy image
+	onto the hard disk you intend to install OpenBSD on.  Doing so
+	will overwrite the disk's old contents, however.
+
+	You must use a UN*X-like system to write the floppy image to the
+	hard disk you will be using for OpenBSD/alpha.  You should use the
+	"dd" command to copy the file system image (floppy.fs) directly
+	to the raw 'c' device (whole disk) of the target hard disk.  It
+	is suggested that you read the dd(1) manual page or ask your system
+	administrator to determine the correct set of arguments to use;
+	it will be slightly different from system to system, and a
+	comprehensive list of the possibilities is beyond the scope of
+	this document.
+
+	Please note that this will put a floppy disklabel on your
+	disk which will confuse the install script.  To fix this
+	you need to answer "n" to the first question when booting
+	your disk and do "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd0c count=20"
+	assuming your booted from sd0.  After doing this you
+	will not be able to boot that disk again unless you
+	complete the install.  You can now enter "install" and
+	start the actual install process.
+
+The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for installation
+depend on which method of installation you choose.  The various methods
+are explained below.
+
+To install or upgrade OpenBSD using a tape, you need to do the
+following:
+
+	To install OpenBSD from a tape, you need to make a tape that
+	contains the distribution set files, in "tar" format.  If
+	you're making the tape on a UN*X-like system, the easiest way
+	to do so is probably something like:
+
+		tar cf <tape_device> <dist_directories>
+
+	where "<tape_device>" is the name of the tape device that
+	describes the tape drive you're using (possibly /dev/rst0, or
+	something similar, but it will vary from system to system.
+	(If you can't figure it out, ask your system administrator.)
+	In the above example, "<dist_directories>" are the
+	distribution sets' directories, for the distribution sets you
+	wish to place on the tape.  For instance, to put the "base21"
+	and "etc21" distributions on tape (in order to do the absolute
+	minimum installation to a new disk), you would do the
+	following:
+
+		cd .../2.1		# the top of the tree
+		cd i386/
+		tar cf <tape_device> base21 etc21
+
+	(Note that you still need to fill in "<tape_device>" in the
+	example.)
+
+	Once you have the files on the tape, you can proceed to the
+	next step in the installation or upgrade process.  If you're
+	installing OpenBSD from scratch, go to the section on preparing
+	your hard disk, below.  If you're upgrading an existing
+	installation, go directly to the section on upgrading.
+
+To install OpenBSD using a remote partition, mounted via
+NFS, you must do the following:
+
+	NOTE:	This method of installation is recommended only for
+		those already familiar with using BSD network
+		configuration and management commands.  If you aren't,
+		this documentation should help, but is not intended to
+		be all-encompassing.
+
+	Place the OpenBSD distribution sets you wish to install into a
+	directory on an NFS server, and make that directory mountable
+	by the machine on which you are installing or upgrading OpenBSD.
+	This will probably require modifying the /etc/exports file on
+	of the NFS server and resetting its mount daemon (mountd).
+	(Both of these actions will probably require superuser
+	privileges on the server.)
+
+	You need to know the the numeric IP address of the NFS server,
+	and, if the server is not on a network directly connected to
+	the machine on which you're installing or upgrading OpenBSD,
+	you need to know the numeric IP address of the router closest
+	to the OpenBSD machine.  Finally, you need to know the numeric
+	IP address of the OpenBSD machine itself.
+
+	Once the NFS server is set up properly and you have the
+	information mentioned above, you can proceed to the next step
+	in the installation or upgrade process.  If you're installing
+	OpenBSD from scratch, go to the section on preparing your hard
+	disk, below.  If you're upgrading an existing installation, go
+	directly to the section on upgrading.
+
+To install or upgrade OpenBSD by using FTP to get the installation
+sets, you must do the following:
+
+	NOTE:	This method of installation is recommended only for
+		those already familiar with using BSD network
+		configuration and management commands.  If you aren't,
+		this documentation should help, but is not intended to
+		be all-encompassing.
+
+	The preparations for this installation/upgrade method are
+	easy; all you make sure that there's some FTP site from which
+	you can retrieve the OpenBSD distribution when you're about to
+	install or upgrade.  You need to know the numeric IP address
+	of that site, and, if it's not on a network directly connected
+	to the machine on which you're installing or upgrading OpenBSD,
+	you need to know the numeric IP address of the router closest
+	to the OpenBSD machine.  Finally, you need to know the numeric
+	IP address of the OpenBSD machine itself.
+
+	Once you have this information, you can proceed to the next
+	step in the installation or upgrade process.  If you're
+	installing OpenBSD from scratch, go to the section on
+	preparing your hard disk, below.  If you're upgrading an
+	existing installation, go directly to the section on
+	upgrading.
+
+If you are upgrading OpenBSD, you also have the option of installing
+OpenBSD by putting the new distribution sets somewhere in your existing
+file system, and using them from there.  To do that, you must do the
+following:
+
+	Place the distribution sets you wish to upgrade somewhere in
+	your current file system tree.  At a bare minimum, you must
+	upgrade the "base" binary distribution, and so must put the
+	"base21" set somewhere in your file system.  If you wish,
+	you can do the other sets, as well, but you should NOT upgrade
+	the "etc" distribution; the "etc" distribution contains system
+	configuration files that you should review and update by hand.
+
+	Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next step in
+	the upgrade process, actually upgrading your system.