Installing OpenBSD

I’ve used OpenBSD once before, when I installed it as a home server. I had little experience with *nix systems at the time, and had to use “Absolute OpenBSD” by Michael Lucas to even get it installed. I eventually switched over to Debian as it’s a bit more user-friendly…but user friendliness isn’t what I’m all about these days, and I wanted to give OpenBSD another shot…mostly because I remembered how insanely awesome PF was. I still had to refer back to Lucas’s book at one or two points during the install, but with a few years of Linux experience under my belt, the install was much smoother this time. So, here are some notes I’ve made on the install process, both for myself and others.

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