Re: [Solved] Edit: Installation amd64 7.5: How to access the distribution sets on the USB stick?

On Sat, Jun 08, 2024 at 03:33:15PM +0200, rfabris@mhsmail.ch wrote:

> Dear Jan
>
> Thanks for your mail.
>
> Am 2024-06-08 08:28, schrieb Jan Stary:
>
> > When asked where the file sets are,
> > you tell the installer where on the USB stick they are.
>
> The issue was the USB stick did not appear in the disk selection dialog.

Why do you think that? It is likely to be one of the sd disks.

-Otto

>
> > > Installing the sets via http works without any issues, but that's not
> > > my plan for the remaining and future installations.
>
> > Why?
>
> - I'd like to spare the OpenBSD servers redundant download requests.
>
> - The "INSTALLATION NOTES for OpenBSD/amd64 7.5" say: "It may save much
> time and frustration to download the distribution sets to a local server
> or disk and perform the installation from there, rather than directly
> from the internet."
>
> Best regards
>
> Rolf
>