dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.25 2005/03/18 13:31:13 miod Exp $ OpenBSDInstallPrelude dnl XXX document mopbooting, and bootp netbooting from the SRM console. There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk. The easiest way is to boot from the bootable CD-ROM mini image, then install from your favorite source. You can also use one of the OpenBSD installation floppies, if your machine has a floppy drive. Booting from Floppy Disk installation media: At the SRM console prompt, enter boot dva0 You should see info about the primary and secondary boot and then the kernel should start to load. It will take a while to load the kernel from the floppy, most likely more than a minute. If some action doesn't eventually happen, or the spinning cursor has stopped and nothing further has happened, or the machine spontaneously reboots, then either you have a bad boot floppy (in which case you should try another) or your alpha is not currently supported by OpenBSD. Booting from CD-ROM installation media: At the SRM console prompt, enter show device to find the device ID of your CD-ROM drive (the device ID is usually in the second column (``bootdev'') and should start with DKA for a SCSI CD-ROM drive). If your drive shows up with a drive number with trailing zeros, you will want to ignore them (unless it is DKA0). For example, if your CD-ROM drive is listed as DKA600, you want to use dka6 (device IDs are case insensitive). On all MACHINE computers but the TURBOchannel DEC 3000 series, insert the OpenBSD/MACHINE CD-ROM and enter boot -fi OSREV/MACHINE/bsd.rd DEVICE where DEVICE is the dka device name. On the DEC 3000 series, insert the OpenBSD/MACHINE CD-ROM and enter boot -fi ALPHA DEVICE where DEVICE is the dka device name. Note that, in both cases, the argument order is important. You should see info about the primary and secondary boot and then the kernel should start to load. If the kernel fails to load or the spinning cursor has stopped and nothing further has happened, you either have a hardware problem or your MACHINE is not currently supported by OpenBSD; try booting from a floppy instead if possible. Installing using the Floppy or CD-ROM procedure: OpenBSDInstallPart2 Boot your machine from the installation media as described above. OpenBSDBootMsgs You will next be asked for your terminal type. If you are installing from a non-serial console, the default of "vt220" is correct. If you are installing from a serial console you should choose the terminal type from amongst those listed. (If your terminal type is xterm, just use vt220.) OpenBSDInstallPart3({:- or "wd0" for IDE drives-:}) OpenBSDInstallPart4 OpenBSDInstallPart5(sd0) OpenBSDInstallNet({:-CD-ROM, -:},nofloppy) OpenBSDFTPInstall OpenBSDHTTPInstall OpenBSDTAPEInstall OpenBSDCDROMInstall OpenBSDDISKInstall({:-"wdN" or -:},{:-only -:}) OpenBSDCommonFS OpenBSDCommonURL OpenBSDCongratulations