Re: Live stick / cd from official sources

Hello Crystal,Unfortunately, I can't think it like that because I don't see it a so "manegiable" situation suggesting a third company - dealing mostly with presinstalled Windows or Linux - to face the installation process of Unix, OpenBSD, and I'm not here to discuss its simplicity.. It is simple, but a live cd shows the system going up in graphical mode in 3 min max. If you permit me it is all an other stuff for a Windows hardware engineer.Daniele Bonini
-------- Messaggio originale --------Da: Crystal Kolipe <kolipe.c@exoticsilicon.com> Data: 30/01/23 10:48 (GMT+01:00) A: my25mb <my25mb@aol.com> Cc: misc@openbsd.org Oggetto: Re: Live stick / cd from official sources On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 10:32:12AM +0100, my25mb wrote:> I'm asking, if someone can grab the hint, if it is "phisible" to have an> official live stick/cd on openbsd.orgI don't think that there is much of a need for an 'official' live image,because it's so easy to do a full installation of OpenBSD to a USB flashdrive.In other words:1. Get _two_ usb flash drives.2. Download the regular OpenBSD installation media and write it to one of the   flash drives.3. Boot from that.4. Insert the second flash drive.5. Do a full installation on to that second flash drive.That process should take around 20-25 minutes, even if you are using cheap,slow devices.At that point, instead of a limited 'live' image, you have a _full_ OpenBSDinstallation, with pretty much all of the tools you need for basic testing,system recovery, etc, etc.You can even install packages from ports on to the USB drive to add extrafunctionality.And you can encrypt it.And you can copy the installation media to it, and use it to install OpenBSDon other machines.Assuming you have access to a machine, (any machine), that can run OpenBSD tocreate the 'live' installation on a USB drive in the first place, then thisis a much better approach than just downloading a 'special' live image.