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List:       openbsd-misc
Subject:    Re: qemu and USB drives
From:       Stuart Henderson <stu () spacehopper ! org>
Date:       2012-01-29 20:30:50
Message-ID: slrnjibb3q.fc.stu () naiad ! spacehopper ! org
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On 2012-01-28, Vijay Sankar <vsankar@foretell.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry for the long message. I am not able to figure out a good  
> solution for the following:
>
> Right now, what I do to test ports etc., is download install51.iso,  
> run it within qemu, and then do the work. To test the port on a  
> different server (which is on a different network), I end up burning a  
> new CD or use PXE boot within my LAN when that is possible, so that  
> the latest version is on a USB stick. However, I would like to have  
> -current or -beta on a USB drive without having to burn a CD or use  
> PXE boot.
>
> Is it possible to install OpenBSD on a USB drive from within qemu and  
> then use that USB drive to boot a laptop?

I don't know about doing this with qemu, but you can fdisk/disklabel,
mount, untar sets, create fstab, and run installboot(8) manually from
a running OS..

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