Re: [Solved] Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-09 Thread Dan
Errata: 2) to solve I copied the content of my stick to a larger usbdisk (almost 512gb by copy machine), upgraded the disk and copied back to the stick. -Dan Jun 9, 2024 17:35:56 Dan : > > Sorry if I arrive late and maybe with something that is neither pertaining. > > This prb make me reme

Re: [Solved] Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-09 Thread Dan
Sorry if I arrive late and maybe with something that is neither pertaining. This prb make me remember an issue that I experienced many sysupgrades ago for almost two subsequent times: sysupgrade suddenly stopped on the disk selection saying no acceptable disk destination was inserted while my us

Re: [Solved] Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-09 Thread rfabris
Am 2024-06-08 23:05, schrieb Jan Stary: The issue was the USB stick did not appear in the disk selection dialog when it was inserted into one of the front USB ports of the PC. To be clear: you booted from it, Yes. then removed it, Yes. and then inserted it again into this (front) USB

Re: [Solved] Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-09 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2024-06-08, Jan Stary wrote: > On Jun 08 15:33:15, rfab...@mhsmail.ch wrote: >> The issue was the USB stick did not appear in the disk selection dialog. > > That's hard to believe. If the installer booted from it, > it must have been recognized as one of the sd? disks > during the bsd.rd boot.

Re: [Solved] Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-08 Thread Brian Conway
On Sat, Jun 8, 2024, at 4:01 PM, Jan Stary wrote: > On Jun 08 15:33:15, rfab...@mhsmail.ch wrote: >> The issue was the USB stick did not appear in the disk selection dialog. > > That's hard to believe. If the installer booted from it, > it must have been recognized as one of the sd? disks > during

Re: [Solved] Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-08 Thread Abel Abraham Camarillo Ojeda
On Sat, Jun 8, 2024 at 3:09 PM Jan Stary wrote: > On Jun 08 16:52:58, rfab...@mhsmail.ch wrote: > > Am 2024-06-08 15:50, schrieb Otto Moerbeek: > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 08, 2024 at 03:33:15PM +0200, rfab...@mhsmail.ch wrote: > > > > > Am 2024-06-08 08:28, schrieb Jan Stary: > > > > > > > > > When

Re: [Solved] Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-08 Thread Jan Stary
On Jun 08 16:52:58, rfab...@mhsmail.ch wrote: > Am 2024-06-08 15:50, schrieb Otto Moerbeek: > > > > On Sat, Jun 08, 2024 at 03:33:15PM +0200, rfab...@mhsmail.ch wrote: > > > Am 2024-06-08 08:28, schrieb Jan Stary: > > > > > > > When asked where the file sets are, > > > > you tell the installer w

Re: [Solved] Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-08 Thread Jan Stary
On Jun 08 15:33:15, rfab...@mhsmail.ch wrote: > The issue was the USB stick did not appear in the disk selection dialog. That's hard to believe. If the installer booted from it, it must have been recognized as one of the sd? disks during the bsd.rd boot. Jan

Re: [Solved] Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-08 Thread rfabris
Am 2024-06-08 15:50, schrieb Otto Moerbeek: On Sat, Jun 08, 2024 at 03:33:15PM +0200, rfab...@mhsmail.ch wrote: Am 2024-06-08 08:28, schrieb Jan Stary: > When asked where the file sets are, > you tell the installer where on the USB stick they are. The issue was the USB stick did not appear

[Solved] Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-08 Thread rfabris
Dear Nick, dear Otto Many thanks for your tips! I have tried these steps before asking for help, but without success. Then, on reading your mails, it occurred to me I could try one of the back USB ports of my PC instead of the front ones. And bingo, the USB stick appeared as 'sd3' in the disk se

Re: [Solved] Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-08 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Sat, Jun 08, 2024 at 03:33:15PM +0200, rfab...@mhsmail.ch wrote: > Dear Jan > > Thanks for your mail. > > Am 2024-06-08 08:28, schrieb Jan Stary: > > > When asked where the file sets are, > > you tell the installer where on the USB stick they are. > > The issue was the USB stick did not app

[Solved] Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-08 Thread rfabris
Dear Jan Thanks for your mail. Am 2024-06-08 08:28, schrieb Jan Stary: When asked where the file sets are, you tell the installer where on the USB stick they are. The issue was the USB stick did not appear in the disk selection dialog. Installing the sets via http works without any issues,

Re: Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-08 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 07:05:49PM -0400, Nick Holland wrote: > On 6/7/24 18:26, rfab...@mhsmail.ch wrote: > > Edit: I have just found in Michael W. Lucas' "OpenBSD Mastery: > > Filesystems" that "the rd recovery disk image is the OpenBSD install > > environment", not the USB stick. But my questio

Re: Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-07 Thread Jan Stary
> Question: > What do I have to do to make the USB installation stick available for > accessing the distribution sets? install75.img already contains the file sets. > Concerning 'install75.img', the > "Installation notes" say: "An install or upgrade can be done with a > USB key without network co

Re: Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-07 Thread Nick Holland
On 6/7/24 18:26, rfab...@mhsmail.ch wrote: Edit: I have just found in Michael W. Lucas' "OpenBSD Mastery: Filesystems" that "the rd recovery disk image is the OpenBSD install environment", not the USB stick. But my question (see below) remains the same. Am 2024-06-07 23:21, schrieb rfab...@mhsma

Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-07 Thread rfabris
Edit: I have just found in Michael W. Lucas' "OpenBSD Mastery: Filesystems" that "the rd recovery disk image is the OpenBSD install environment", not the USB stick. But my question (see below) remains the same. Am 2024-06-07 23:21, schrieb rfab...@mhsmail.ch: Dear community I have copied the 'in

Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

2024-06-07 Thread rfabris
Dear community I have copied the 'install75.img' to a USB stick, booted from it and chosen the "(I)nstall" option. My intention is to install the distribution sets from the stick, and not via http, because I'd like to install OpenBSD on our 4 home office PCs without downloading the sets 4 times.