On 2012-01-28, Vijay Sankar <[email protected]> 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..
