OpenBSD pre-installation checklist
- Machine name
- Hardware installed and available
- Verify compatibility with your platform's hardware compatibility page
- If ISA, you also need to know hardware settings, and confirm they are as OpenBSD requires.
- Install method to be used (CD-ROM, FTP, etc.)
- Should an important bug be found, how will the system be patched?
- If done locally, you will need to have sufficient space available for the source tree and building it.
- Otherwise, you will need access to another machine to build a patched release on.
- Desired disk layout
- Does existing data need to be saved elsewhere?
- Will OpenBSD coexist on this system with another OS? If so, how both will be booted? Will you need to install a "boot manager"?
- Will the entire disk be used for OpenBSD, or do you want to keep an existing partition/OS (or space for a future one)?
- How do you wish to sub-partition the OpenBSD part of your disk?
- Network settings, if not using DHCP:
- Domain name
- Domain Name Server(s) (DNS) address
- IP addresses and subnet masks for each NIC
- Gateway address
- Will you be running the X Window System?
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