Howto create a bootable OpenBSD install CD

Ok, if you don't have money or can't wait for your cd to be delivered to you then you can make your own.

These instructions are for OpenBSD 4.1 i386 arch.

Open a terminal:

[COLOR="Silver"]mips@obelix ~ $[/COLOR] cd /tmp
[COLOR="silver"]mips@obelix /tmp $[/COLOR] mkdir -p OpenBSD/4.1/i386
[COLOR="silver"]mips@obelix /tmp $ [/COLOR]cd OpenBSD/4.1/i386
[COLOR="silver"]mips@obelix /tmp/OpenBSD/4.1/i386 $[/COLOR] wget ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.1/i386/*
[COLOR="silver"]mips@obelix /tmp/OpenBSD/4.1/i386 $[/COLOR] cd ../../
[COLOR="silver"]mips@obelix /tmp/OpenBSD $[/COLOR] mkisofs -v -r -T -J -V "OpenBSD41" -b 4.1/i386/cdrom41.fs -c boot.catalog -o OpenBSD41.iso /tmp/OpenBSD/
[COLOR="silver"]mips@obelix /tmp/OpenBSD $[/COLOR] ls -l
total 228740
drwxr-xr-x 3 mips root      4096 2007-09-19 08:14 4.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 mips root 233990144 2007-09-19 08:21 [COLOR="Red"]**OpenBSD41.iso**[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Silver"]mips@obelix /tmp/OpenBSD $[/COLOR] md5sum OpenBSD41.iso
**6f9da8e42d4c0953364624c55733793b ** OpenBSD41.iso

Now burn the image to disc with your favourite burner !

And for those who want to run the 4.2 development version (for example because, like mine, their nvidia card is relatively new and requires Xorg 7.2), a full installation ISO is available at :

ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/i386/install42.iso