> 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.

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