Another option is to use syslinux and memdisk to boot the cdxx.iso image, then copy the source tarballs and INSTALL.arch onto the thumb drive and go from there.
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Matthias Appel <appel.matth...@gmail.com>wrote: > Am 13.02.2013 19:14, schrieb Hugo Osvaldo Barrera: > > >> $20 may sound cheap to you, but that's not cheap in every part of the >> world, especially for a device you'll use only ONCE to install the OS. >> It's 2013, and buying floppies/optical drives isn't the best of advices. >> >> What's wrong PXE? >> >> If 20$ is too much to spend for OP, I would like to donate a working USB > slimline CD/DVD drive, which I don't use anymore(working, of course!). > The only two conditions are: > > *Snail-mailing the drive does not cost a fortune. > *If I am in his part of the world, or he is in my part of it, he has to > pay me a pint of beer. > *Only valid for OP....don't come knocking for free DVD drives ;-) > > I am not able to contribute very much to the OpenBSD community, but if > this is what I can do to have another user using OpenBSD, I would be glad > to do so! > > > > Regards, > > Matthias > > -- Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict I've taken my software vows - for beta or for worse
