OpenBSD Installation
Please buy a cd from openBSD to suport its developement. If you already have a copy of openBSD then lets proceed with its installation.
Part 1: Notes before installation:
Command |
Comment |
| p m | display partition tables (human readable) |
| d | delete partition |
| a | create partition |
| w | write partition table |
| q | quit |
| cr | cartridge return or press enter |
Part 2: Partition Table
Partitions |
Details |
File size |
Comment |
| a a | / | 500m | This size will save future trouble when upgrading the OS |
| a b | swap | 300m | x2 of physical memory |
| a c | physical drive | cannot be deleted | |
| a d | /tmp | 100m | |
| a e | /var | 10g | larger for log files storage |
| a f | floppy | reserved for floppy drive | |
| a g | /usr | 6g | |
| a h | /var/qmail | 100m | reserved for qmail installation |
| a i | /var/qmail/queue | 500m | reserved for qmail installation |
| a j | /var/noneqmail/queue | 500m | reserved for qmail installation |
| a k | /home | * | rest of the unused disk space |
Part 3: Installation
After setting the partition tables
w (cr)
q (cr)
This are some of the messages displayed:
No label changes.
The root filesystem will be mounted on wd0a.
wd0b will be used for swap space.
Mount point for wd0d (size = 102312k) (or one or one [/tmp] (cr)
Mount point for wd0e (size = 10485720k) (or one or one [/var] (cr)
Mount point for wd0g (size = 3145968k) (or one or one [/usr] (cr)
Mount point for wd0h (size = 24832048k) (or one or one [/home] (cr)
Mount point for wd0d (size = 102312k) (or one or one [/tmp] done (cr)
Done no available disks found.
You have configured the following partitions and mount points:
wd0a /
wd0d /tmp
wd0e /var
wd0g /usr
wd0h /home
The next step creates a filesystem in each partition, ERASING existing data.
Are you really sure that you’re ready to proceed? [n] y (cr)
Answer some questions
halt (cr)
Post Installation Procedures
Setup the repository
Note: Mirror lists for openbsd
http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.htmlexport PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.jp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/<version>/packages/i386
Install additional packages
- pkg_add pftop
- pkg_add bzip2-<version>
- pkg_add vim-<version>-no_x11.tgz
- pkg_add unzip
- pkg_add bash
- pkg_add gnuls
- pkg_add libmcrypt
- pkg_add bison
- pkg_add freetype
- pkg_add recode
- pkg_add p5-Net-SSLeay
- pkg_add nmap-<version>-no_x11
- pkg_add gmake
- pkg_add lsof
Basic OpenBSD Administration
OpenBSD Commands that differ from Linux Commands
Adding users
useradd -m <username> [this adds users and create a /home/<username>]
Removing a package
pkg_delete
Package Information
pkg_info -A
Updating a package
pkg_add -u <package_name>
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