> Andres Perera wrote: > read very slowly > if they don't use the following to boot:
> * bootp (requires more than one system) > * a cd (requires an optical drive) > * a floppy (requires a floppy drive) > then they boot from hdd. it doesn't matter if it's usb, sata or what have you I think you are making a confusion between usb mass storage device and usd attached hdd device. > there are no official boot images for hdd. nick is aware of this, and > so are the rest of the developers Yes, they do, since there is no such thing like "images for hdd". I let you try to define one. >the faq requires that you boot with bsd.rd and use that environment to > install to usb media That is one particular case. The FAQ didn' t say all and it didn't say you cannot install on your kind of laptop. > you cannot do that with a single computer that can only boot from usb > hdd with the official media, so you need to install to qemu No. > you are obviously not talking about the same situation, and neither is > the other dude. more than that, you've never encountered this problem > or else you'd be familiar with the requirements Try again. > you are a humongous idiot Maybe I am, but that doesn't take away your pain. I wonder if you are able to call me that face to face. I let you have your personal quest of what OpenBSD cannot do. The search engines will redirect users to the middle of this thread where a solution was posted, no qemu involved. I'm out.