On 2011-06-28, Anand Buddhdev <arh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is the OpenBSD installer only available in a boot image?
Yes, either in bsd.rd (which you can boot from the normal boot loader) or cd/pxe/floppy images. > Or can I run the > OpenBSD installer in a running system and do an installation of a newer > version of OpenBSD to another partition/disk? You would need to fdisk/disklabel/newfs/mount/untar sets and install the boot loader with disklabel -B on some arch, or see see installboot(8) for i386/amd64.