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Install http://www.openbsd.org/ on redhat linux

Is it possible to install http://www.openbsd.org/ on redhat linux? This is all new to me.

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Chris Dent

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pdiblasi

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Oh! So I can just use a P3 box and install it directly on that?

pdiblasi

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I am kind of confused as to which ISO I suppose to download below:

ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/i386/

Chris Dent

You might not find it as user friendly as Red Hat, but yes you can install it.

But then...

Unlike many of the other Linux / Unix systems they want you to pay for the CDs, so they don't provide images you can download and install from. It's all the the FAQ:

http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq3.html

So you get a choice... you either try a network install or you buy the CDs (or download it from an unofficial source).

This is the bit they have about network installations:

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

Chris

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Chris Dent

I'll admit I'm wrong sometimes (and probably fairly frequently). But you could at least click on the links I posted, I always try and either post documented evidence from a reputable source for things like that.

Anyway, I said images, and those aren't provided... it says so in the FAQ on the site. Perhaps I should have stated ISO Images and if that is the case I apologise for any confusion.

http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq3.html#ISO

Paragraph 3.3.

And I did link the FAQ, it wasn't as if I just made it up on the spot or off a random newsgroup. And I also mentioned the network install and the CD set. So in reality it's quite easy to see where I got my information.

Chris