Re: Acer Aspire One (150)

[Christopher Rawnsley <rawprawns@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12 Nov 2008, at 23:21, Constantine A. Murenin wrote:
> What I do when I want to install OpenBSD is: download an appropriate
> bsd.rd [0] to an existing OpenBSD installation on a USB HDD, boot from
> the said USB HDD on the new hardware to which brand-new HDD we're
> about to install an OS, type "boot bsd.rd" (or whatever the name
> you've given to your copy of a bsd.rd for this specific installation),

Ah thanks for pointing that out. I didn't come across that in my OS  
exploring but I'll keep that in mind for the future. For now, however,  
I would like to concentrate on DF :)

> [0] http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#bsd.rd

I referenced a [1]. How un-computer science-y of me. Tut.

On 13 Nov 2008, at 01:06, Justin C. Sherrill wrote:
> Looking at the script, it appears to mount the ISO and then copy the  
> files
> over to the USB drive.  The nrelease process for building a LiveCD on
> DragonFly puts together the same set of system files in the process;  
> you
> could probably use that process to create the USB drive.  It'd even be
> able to "clone" an up-to-date system similar in spirit, if not in  
> method,
> to what Constantine described.

Thanks for the pointer. I've not used the nrelease yet so I'll see how  
it fairs.

> Also, if you're lacking a CDROM but have a workable network  
> connection,
> the netboot facility on the DragonFly CD works very well; you just  
> need a
> network connection and another device to boot the CD on.  I was able  
> to
> use it with a old desktop chassis that had only the CPU, RAM, and  
> CDROM
> still installed.

Up until recently I lacked a network that I could mess about on. I  
also lack a DragonFly box which means that I can't use nrelease (at  
least for initial setup). Prices of being away from home!

I'll try some stuff tonight and see if I get anywhere... Thanks for  
the replies.

--
Chris