Re: Running OpenBSD installer in a live system
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade49.html#upgrade -Original Message- From: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] On Behalf Of Anand Buddhdev Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 11:30 AM To: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Running OpenBSD installer in a live system Hello OpenBSD gurus, I have a question related to my earlier post, about installing/upgrading OpenBSD on a existing system. Is the OpenBSD installer only available in a boot image? 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? Essentially, what I'm asking for is something like FreeBSD's /stand/sysinstall, which can be run in a live system to configure or upgrade the system. Regards, Anand
Re: Running OpenBSD installer in a live system
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.
Re: Running OpenBSD installer in a live system
I'm not sure, but if you boot bsd.rd you may find a solution. Chris Eidem is right anyway. 2011/6/28 Chris Eidem cei...@primealliancesolutions.com http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade49.html#upgrade -Original Message- From: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] On Behalf Of Anand Buddhdev Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 11:30 AM To: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Running OpenBSD installer in a live system Hello OpenBSD gurus, I have a question related to my earlier post, about installing/upgrading OpenBSD on a existing system. Is the OpenBSD installer only available in a boot image? 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? Essentially, what I'm asking for is something like FreeBSD's /stand/sysinstall, which can be run in a live system to configure or upgrade the system. Regards, Anand -- - () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\
Re: Running OpenBSD installer in a live system
Is the OpenBSD installer only available in a boot image? 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? Essentially, what I'm asking for is something like FreeBSD's /stand/sysinstall, which can be run in a live system to configure or upgrade the system. you want sysinstall, use freebsd. if you do use the installer in a running system, it might work but it is foolish in OpenBSD land.
