How can I create a bootable OpenBSD drive? reddit / BSD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- vladivakh · 2021-10-30 13:13 Novice to BSD here, I want to know how to create a USB with OpenBSD on it, what program should I use, etc.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- falsifian · 2021-10-30 13:32 I've done this. I don't remember if I ran into any problems. I think you can just follow the regular installation instructions. The tricky part is making sure you choose the correct device name to install onto. You can escape from the installer into a shell to poke around. dmesg | less might help; there will be a line about each drive. To be safe I would remove any disks you don't want overwritten or back them up. You could use a second USB stick to hold the installer. It's also possible to use the same stick for both, if you do a network install. The installer boots onto a RAM disk, so you don't need the device any more once it's booted in the case of a network install. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2021-10-30 15:12 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- vladivakh · 2021-10-30 15:17 I used Etcher on my Manjaro, and It (my BIOS) didn't found it (flashed the install70.iso) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2021-10-30 15:22 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TrenItaglia · 2021-10-30 15:25 I use win32diskimager ---------------------------------------------------------------------- vext01 · 2021-10-30 16:53 Do you want an installer or a full OS? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get0utCl0wn · 2021-10-30 17:22 Use the .img for USB sticks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- vladivakh · 2021-10-30 18:34 Thx, it booted (but I have an issue, btw I decided to use FreeBSD) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thfrw · 2021-10-30 20:18 that's what I have used successfully. Everything else including Rufus has not worked when I tried them years ago on Windows. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get0utCl0wn · 2021-10-30 21:00 Right on. Give both a whirl...OBSD is pretty concise out of the box, FBSD will need some tuning. Open is pretty slick on laptops...Free is pretty snazzy on workstation and server...both will do the other however. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2021-10-30 23:04 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- daveedmee · 2021-11-08 11:02 For some reason Rufus only works with the 64 bit variants of BSD (only tried that with amd64, though), for i386 it gives me an error ---------------------------------------------------------------------- konkinsdeciple · 2021-11-17 15:56 install77.iso is meant for CDs and DVDs, if your using a USB stick, you'll want to use install77.img