Installation is supported from several media types, including: CDROM FFS partitions HFS partitions (bootloader only, in conjuction with another media) Tape Remote NFS partition FTP HTTP OpenBSDXferShortPrelude Unless the machine already has openbsd installed on it, and the bootloader can be loaded from local disk, the bootloader will need to be loaded from the network (netboot), but from then the system can be installed from any of the above sources. OpenBSDXferBareTape(xbase xfont xserv xshare) OpenBSDXferNFS OpenBSDXferFFS