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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 the OpenBSD CD-ROM distribution (and a CD-ROM drive)
+you can boot from it. Otherwise, you will need to create a bootable
+disk. This may be a floppy or a hard disk (floppy is simplest).
+
+To boot from CD-ROM:
+
+ At the SRM console enter "show device" to find the name of your
+ CD-ROM drive (should be pka*), then insert the OpenBSD/alpha CD
+ and enter "boot DEVICE" where DEVICE is the pka device. If this
+ does not work, you'll have to create a boot floppy or bootable
+ hard disk; follow the directions below. (A boot floppy image
+ is included on the CD-ROM as 2.1/alpha/floppy.fs.)
If you have a floppy drive on your alpha: