[H-GEN] OpenBSD-3.2 wanted

[Greg Black]

On 2003-04-14, Christopher Biggs wrote:
> To install the OS, all you *need* is the contents of
> <http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/OpenBSD/3.2/i386/>, minus any
> obviously superfluous floppy images, and minus all the x*tgz files if
> you're skipping X-window.

Yes, I worked that much out.

> I install most of my OpenBSD boxen by doing Floppy/FTP install
> with the distribution files stored on my desktop PC.

That's what I've been doing over the past couple of days[1].

> p.s. The OpenBSD project is funded mostly through official CD sales,
>      hence they do not make an official .ISO available.  Therefore any
>      ISO image you find on the net is therefore a *third party*
>      unofficial one and may be trojaned or otherwise dodgy.  I
>      recommend buying the official CD set to support the project, plus
>      you get cool stickers and stuff too.  By all means, download the
>      short-form and burn your own CD to get started if you can't wait
>      for the official CDs to arrive.

I strongly support this recommendation.  Speaking for myself, I
would not dream of using something like Linux or one of the free
BSD variants without also making a monetary contribution to the
relevant project.  I've had a subscription to the FreeBSD CDs
for several years (since 2.2.6) and I have a subscription to
OpenBSD now.  I was just chasing the installation stuff while
waiting for my 3.3 CD set to arrive when it's released.

Greg

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