I just upgrade in place via bsd.rd on my net4501. Guess I could do the other methods as well.
Sent form my iFoe. On Jan 14, 2013, at 10:59, Nick Holland <n...@holland-consulting.net> wrote: > On 01/14/2013 10:15 AM, Sarah Caswell wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm having a frustrating problem getting OpenBSD-current (or >> snapshot) to run on my Soekris net5501. >> >> With previous versions of OBSD I was able to use qemu to install to a >> compact flashcard directly, by connecting the flashcard to my laptop >> and then starting qemu like so: >> >> sudo qemu -hda /dev/sd0i -cdrom install52.iso -boot d (and many >> variations of this command mostly pertaining to the /dev/sd0 >> section) > > funny definition of "directly". > ... >> P.S.: I know there are other ways to get OpenBSD running on a >> Soekris but I've always liked the utter simplicity of the qemu-based >> install. > > using an emulator = simple? > If you don't understand the tools well enough to troubleshoot the problem, I > really don't believe your assessment there. I don't know much about qemu, but > I see a problem in the command line. > > This is what *I* call simple: > Take your USB flash card reader to a free machine with a USB port. Put an > OpenBSD CD in it. Boot off CD. Install to CF device. Use DUIDs. Create a > /etc/hostname.vr0 (or whatever your soekris uses for its primary NIC), and do > other network configuration as needed. Put flash device in Soekris. Done. > "direct", "simple", bare minimum of extra tools. Machine doesn't even have > to be able to boot from the USB port, though you can't test it before > installing on soekris if it isn't. > > (variation: install bare minimum system on flash drive, move to Soekris, at > the boot> prompt, tell it bsd.rd and re-install exactly as you wish. If *I* > were doing that, I could do it from an installed OpenBSD machine of the same > platform without taking down the machine or booting from a CD. I'd call that > simple, but I understand some basic tools that we try to keep normal people > from having to use. The info for figuring out how to do that is all in the > OpenBSD FAQ, though not in recipe form.) > > Nick.
