Re: need help choosing appropriate BSD distro

t2000kw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Instead of all this hand wringing why not burn a copy of the install
CD, boot using the burned CD, and see if it supports your network card.
It may. It supports a lot. On the wireless side the install CD
supports . . .

I would if I could--that's not the issue. To save you from reading
back through this thread, this is the gist of the problem:

It is the issue. You don't understand. The ISO you see on line
*is* the install CD. Boot it. It either works or it doesn't.
The CD contains a version of the OS that runs out of a ram disk.
That version of the OS will either support your network device or
it wont. If it doesn't support your device reset the machine
and throw the CD away. You've wasted maybe 10 minutes of time.

If it does support your network device then the only think you
need in addition to that CD to install openbsd is a network connection.

It is that simple.

The hard part is in disk partitioning/labeling without screwing
up other operating systems on the same disk.


// marc
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