openbsd on usl-5p (initial Installation)

(1) Follow the installation instruction
Refer to ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/landisk/INSTALL.landisk

Here is the installation log

Notes:
(a) I was installing from version 4.6.
(b) dd the miniroot4.6.ff to the same CF that you will later install into.

(2) create user account and disable root ssh
Refer to http://www.openbsd101.com/tipstricks.html

# useradd -c "nobita kun" -s /bin/ksh -g users -d /home/nobita -m nobita
# usermod -G wheel nobita

(3) Backup OS using dump and ssh

root@:~# df -h
Filesystem     Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/wd0a      2.9G    444M    2.4G    15%    /
/dev/wd0e      281M    2.4M    265M     1%    /var

root@:~# dump -0auf - /dev/wd0e | ssh xxx@192.168.1.109 "cat >  /virtualbox/usl5p_var.dump" 
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sun Jul 12 16:13:29 2009
  DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
  DUMP: Dumping /dev/rwd0e (/var) to standard output
Password:   DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
  DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
  DUMP: estimated 2512 tape blocks.
  DUMP: Volume 1 started at: Sun Jul 12 16:13:32 2009
  DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]

  DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
  DUMP: 2779 tape blocks
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sun Jul 12 16:13:29 2009
  DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Sun Jul 12 16:13:41 2009
  DUMP: Volume 1 took 0:00:09
  DUMP: Volume 1 transfer rate: 308 KB/s
  DUMP: Date this dump completed:  Sun Jul 12 16:13:41 2009
  DUMP: Average transfer rate: 308 KB/s
  DUMP: level 0 dump on Sun Jul 12 16:13:29 2009
  DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
root@:~# dump -0auf - /dev/wd0a | ssh xxx@192.168.1.109 "cat >  /virtualbox/usl5p_root.dump"
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sun Jul 12 16:14:35 2009
  DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
  DUMP: Dumping /dev/rwd0a (/) to standard output
  DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
Password: 
  DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
  DUMP: estimated 456273 tape blocks.
  DUMP: Volume 1 started at: Sun Jul 12 16:14:50 2009
  DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
  DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
  DUMP: 57.15% done, finished in 0:03
  DUMP: 464373 tape blocks
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sun Jul 12 16:14:35 2009
  DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Sun Jul 12 16:23:45 2009
  DUMP: Volume 1 took 0:08:55
  DUMP: Volume 1 transfer rate: 867 KB/s
  DUMP: Date this dump completed:  Sun Jul 12 16:23:45 2009
  DUMP: Average transfer rate: 867 KB/s
  DUMP: level 0 dump on Sun Jul 12 16:14:35 2009
  DUMP: DUMP IS DONE

Refer to Restore on how to restore from above backup

(4) mounting USB storage
Refer to http://www.openbsd101.com/tipstricks.html

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