My install setup uses both microSD and usb-attached SSD.
The microSD has UEFI boot loader and SSD has the miniroot.img.
Because there is two media, the installer which disks to install on.
I am not sure how to complete installation using only usb-attached SSD --
how to write both UEFI and bsd installer on usb. Should be feasible.
I was confused about the hostname -- if it is the location of the server
or the url to be given to machine. Thats why different entries.
I am not fiddling with setup anymore on now as well :).
On Tuesday, October 5, 2021, Peter J. Philipp <pjp@delphinusdns.org> wrote:
> [inline below]
> On Mon, Oct 04, 2021 at 11:40:30PM +0530, Sandeep Gupta wrote:
> > Some progress. Thank you. Still stuck though. Post network
> > configuration, The boot installer asks for
> > HTTP Server? (hostname or 'done'). hostname.
> > Server Directory? [pub/OpenBSD/7.0/arm64].
> >
> > It fails at this step:
> >
> > Unable to connect using https. Use http instead.
> > Looked at found no OpenBSD/arm64 7.0 sets.
>
> This may be connectivity related I dunno. Is it true that you put the
> installer on the micro SD card and then installed on top of that same
> image? At which point your installer needs flashing after every powercycle
> when it fails to install.
>
> When I installed I installed right on a USB disk and that's what I want to
> recommend to you too. Either put the install media on a USB stick or on
> the sd card and install to USB stick. With newer eeprom raspberry pi 4's
> can boot directly off USB.
>
> Then you'd have the install sets on disk media (may have to be mounted
> first
> but the installer will guide you through that, it asks if disk media is
> already
> mounted and if not asks you which disk it's on).
>
> Anyhow this is the safer alternative than downloading via http as I don't
> know if the snapshot installer can signify off any install media.
>
> I'm glad you're making so much progress. It took me two days as well to
> get it to install the way I wanted, and now I'm reluctant to upgrade my
> snapshot from jul 21st because people are getting snagged on the installer
> a lot. I'm likely going to wait until release 7.0 to upgrade it's only
> about
> a month away, since the rpi4 is my workstation for everyday use.
>
> Anyways, good luck!
>
>
> > I tried with pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/arm64. That didn't work either.
>
> hmmm. Oh wait, are you entering "hostname" as in the example above? I
> kinda
> missed that. Try "cdn.openbsd.org" instead. How did I not see this?
>
> [rest cut]
>
> Best Regards,
> -peter
>
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