Re: OpenBSD XFCE [was Re: OpmenBDS XFCE]

On 2022-08-14, Stuart Longland <stuartl@longlandclan.id.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Aug 2022 14:29:29 +0200
> Omar Polo <op@omarpolo.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2022/08/13 13:32:10 +0300, Tuzson Zoltan <tuzo60@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On the link, when I downloaded and I try to write to the USB with Rufus or
>> > Etcher, I got the error message, that the install71.iso it is not a
>> > bootable file?
>> > What can I do?
>>
>> Never used Rufus before, but I think you need to download
>> install71.img if you plan to use an USB stick for the installation.
>
> If I was to guess… it'd be because the ISO images provided by many
> Linux distributions are actually hybrid MS-DOS disklabels / CD images.
>
> The ISO9660 specification leaves the first sector free so that you can
> do things like include a MS-DOS disklabel and boot-sector, thus
> allowing your "ISO image" to also be bootable when written to a disk drive.
>
> I'm not sure the `install71.iso` does this.

It does not, it's just a plain iso not this type of hybrid.


> Furthermore, there's mention of a XFCE LiveCD: no such animal in
> OpenBSD. `install71.iso` provides the installer (and maybe the disk
> sets too), it doesn't have XFCE, or any live GUI environment. You'll
> find you'll need to boot the installer, perform an install (which will
> be a text-based application), then reboot -- that will get you a CLI
> environment.
>
> From there, you'll have to install XFCE yourself; something along the
> lines of `pkg_add xfce` will get you maybe 70% of the way there (in
> that it'll install XFCE, you may then have to do some configuration to
> set up XenoDM or similar to actually launch XFCE when you log in … or
> to launch it when you run `exec startx` from the CLI.).

"pkg_add xfce" will point at a pkg-readme file when installed, which
should be followed.

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