On Sunday 16 February 2003 08:08 pm, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>
> Well, there is a way to download a minimal set of tarballs and
> install only the bin/base distribution.  Then, there is always
> FTP-install :-)
>

These methods can be used with any of the free BSDs.


> I have to admit this was one of the reasons I didn't initially start
> to work with OpenBSD.  I just wanted to test it for a while.  Buying
> things that I will possibly throw away seems a waste of money, and I
> quickly started looking elsewhere.

OpenBSD requires only the kernel and 2 tarballs for a minimal=20
installation just as with NetBSD:

-rw-r--r--    1 duhring  uucp     24442140 Oct  5 15:47 base32.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 duhring  uucp      4515116 Oct  5 15:47 bsd
-rw-r--r--    1 duhring  uucp      1482467 Oct  5 15:47 etc32.tgz

With OpenBSD only 1 floppy need be used; FreeBSD and NetBSD both require=20
2 floppies.