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    From Bill Cunningham@21:1/5 to Bill Cunningham on Sun Jun 11 15:55:42 2017
    "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> wrote in message news:ohk617$i6v$1@dont-email.me...
    I get on www.openbsd.org website several "groups" ending in .tgz
    extension. Indicating gtar of course. Now in net install linux can this be done with the BSD unixes linux open and net BSD? I want CLI and GUI
    access.
    What's the minimum to have to install to boot. I know base.tgz but it
    needs
    to be installed from an enviornment.

    miniboot.fs and install61.iso I write to the USB and well they don't
    seem to be bootable. Install61.iso certainly isn't. My architecture is
    AMD64.

    <shrug>

    Bill

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  • From Bill Cunningham@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 11 15:38:40 2017
    I get on www.openbsd.org website several "groups" ending in .tgz
    extension. Indicating gtar of course. Now in net install linux can this be
    done with the BSD unixes linux open and net BSD? I want CLI and GUI access. What's the minimum to have to install to boot. I know base.tgz but it needs
    to be installed from an enviornment.

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  • From John McGrail@21:1/5 to Bill Cunningham on Thu Jun 15 17:08:37 2017
    On 2017-06-11, Bill Cunningham <nospam@nspam.invalid> wrote:

    "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> wrote in message news:ohk617$i6v$1@dont-email.me...
    I get on www.openbsd.org website several "groups" ending in .tgz
    extension. Indicating gtar of course. Now in net install linux can this be >> done with the BSD unixes linux open and net BSD? I want CLI and GUI
    access.
    What's the minimum to have to install to boot. I know base.tgz but it
    needs
    to be installed from an enviornment.

    miniboot.fs and install61.iso I write to the USB and well they don't
    seem to be bootable. Install61.iso certainly isn't. My architecture is
    AMD64.


    My guess is either flaky/old hardware or incorrectly built media. My experience with OpenBSD is that it tolerates old hardware reasonably
    well. The oldest motherboard I've used with 6.0/6.1 is from 2011.
    All my motherboards these days are AMD.

    For me ... booting from a USB stick built via

    . plug usb stick into another OpenBSD host
    . note device id. For me, it frequently ends up at, _sd4_
    . run
    sudo dd if=.../amd64/install61.fs of=/dev/rsd4c bs=4M

    similar commands should work on other OSes.

    I install from ISOs on vmware guests with no issues. I install from both official ISOs and installNN.fs as pulled from the OpenBSD ftp site in
    addition to custom ones I build (from errata updates).

    --
    ratfood@food.skaterat.net
    All foods should be removed to reply

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  • From polymorph self@21:1/5 to Bill Cunningham on Sat Dec 23 03:49:29 2017
    On Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 3:38:40 PM UTC-4, Bill Cunningham wrote:
    I get on www.openbsd.org website several "groups" ending in .tgz
    extension. Indicating gtar of course. Now in net install linux can this be done with the BSD unixes linux open and net BSD? I want CLI and GUI access. What's the minimum to have to install to boot. I know base.tgz but it needs to be installed from an enviornment.

    are u ratarded?

    raed the FAQ

    its the simplest install of ANY free os Ive seen!!

    way simpelr the dweebian and deadrat

    even simpler than freebsd

    install iceWM

    the main trick u need is to put a mirror in .profile of your non root user and pkg_add -v icewm

    PKG_PATH='http://mirrors.mit.edu/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/amd64/'

    and PKG_PATH next to PKG on few lines down where the export PKG is

    write the .profile file

    source the .profile
    . ./.profile
    then install icewm and chrome
    pkg_add -v icewm chromium


    xorg gets installed as long as u dont deselect it

    startx give su icewm desktop then pkg_add -v chromium
    open xterm
    chrome& enter

    boom!

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  • From polymorph self@21:1/5 to polymorph self on Sat Dec 23 03:51:04 2017
    On Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 6:49:31 AM UTC-5, polymorph self wrote:
    On Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 3:38:40 PM UTC-4, Bill Cunningham wrote:
    I get on www.openbsd.org website several "groups" ending in .tgz
    extension. Indicating gtar of course. Now in net install linux can this be done with the BSD unixes linux open and net BSD? I want CLI and GUI access. What's the minimum to have to install to boot. I know base.tgz but it needs to be installed from an enviornment.

    are u ratarded?

    raed the FAQ

    its the simplest install of ANY free os Ive seen!!

    way simpelr the dweebian and deadrat

    even simpler than freebsd

    install iceWM

    the main trick u need is to put a mirror in .profile of your non root user and pkg_add -v icewm

    PKG_PATH='http://mirrors.mit.edu/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/amd64/'

    and PKG_PATH next to PKG on few lines down where the export PKG is

    write the .profile file

    source the .profile
    . ./.profile
    then install icewm and chrome
    pkg_add -v icewm chromium


    xorg gets installed as long as u dont deselect it

    startx give su icewm desktop then pkg_add -v chromium
    open xterm
    chrome& enter

    boom!

    fuck I messed up the PKG_PATH

    PKG_PATH='http://mirrors.mit.edu/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/packages/amd64/'

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