open BSD setup

First get the ISO. This is not straightforward, as the developers do not release an official ISO for download.

http://openbsd.berkeley.edu/pub/OpenBSD/4.4/i386/install44.iso

http://anga.funkfeuer.at/ftp/pub/OpenBSD/4.4/i386/install44.iso

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-openbsd-4-cd-iso-images.html

On the box, you need TWO network cards. One connected to the work, the other connected to the LAN

If you would like remote administration via SSH, a third network card is necessary.

The following is taken from

http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#Install

and excludes all the explanation. See also

http://www.openbsd101.com/installation.html

It's easiest to do everything in one session. If you mis-type, reboot and start over.

boot> Enter

(I)nstall, (U)pgrade or (S)hell? i

Terminal type: [vt220] Enter

kbd(8) mapping? ('L' for list) [none] Enter

Proceed with install? [no] y

Which one is the root disk? (or done) [wd0] Enter

Do you want to use *all* of wd0 for OpenBSD? [no] y

> p m

> a a

offset: [3148740] Enter

size: [35953470] 500m

Rounding to cylinder: 321300

FS type: [4.2BSD] Enter

mount point: [none] /

> a b

offset: [3470040] Enter

size: [35632170] 600m

Rounding to cylinder: 626535

FS type: [swap] Enter

> a d

offset: [4096575] Enter

size: [35005635] 300m

Rounding to cylinder: 257040

FS type: [4.2BSD] Enter

mount point: [none] /tmp

> a e

offset: [4353615] Enter

size: [34748595] 200m

Rounding to cylinder: 176715

FS type: [4.2BSD] Enter

mount point: [none] /var

> a g

offset: [4530330] Enter

size: [34571880] 8g

Rounding to cylinder: 12594960

FS type: [4.2BSD] Enter

mount point: [none] /usr

> a h

offset: [17125290] Enter

size: [21976920] 6g

Rounding to nearest cylinder: 8401995

FS type: [4.2BSD] Enter

mount point: [none] /home

> p m

OpenBSD area: 1537.5M-19092.9M; size: 17555.4M; free: 6628.4M

# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]

a: 156.9M 1537.5M 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /

b: 305.9M 1694.4M swap

c: 19092.9M 0.0M unused 0 0

d: 125.5M 2000.3M 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /tmp

e: 86.3M 2125.8M 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /var

g: 6149.9M 2212.1M 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /usr

h: 4102.5M 8362.0M 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /home

i: 1537.4M 0.0M MSDOS

> q

Write new label?: [y] Enter

Mount point for wd0d (131584 KBytes)? (or 'none' or 'done') [/tmp] Enter

Mount point for wd0e (90624 KBytes)? (or 'none' or 'done') [/var] Enter

Mount point for wd0g (6656 MBytes)? (or 'none' or 'done') [/usr] Enter

Mount point for wd0h (4096 MBytes)? (or 'none' or 'done') [/home] Enter

Mount point for wd0d (131584 KBytes)? (or 'none' or 'done') [/tmp] done

Are you really sure that you're ready to proceed? [no] y

System hostname (short form, e.g. 'foo'): puffy

Configure the network? [yes] Enter