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This FAQ is maintained with information pertaining to the 2.8 release of OpenBSD. Not all information presented here may be accurate for older releases of OpenBSD. Information for previous releases is available. You should check http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html for important updates. The FAQ follows release versions of OpenBSD. It will not have information pertaining to any -current options, it only attempts to track what has been released on CD. This is so there is no confusion as to which versions are being documented here.

This FAQ will take you through most critical steps to setting up your own OpenBSD system. The addressed questions range from new to advanced users. Hopefully you will find this FAQ useful. Downloadable versions of the FAQ are available in text and PDF. These versions may not be as up-to-date as the HTML versions available from this page.

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Any questions can be directed to: faq@openbsd.org. If you want to report a bug in OpenBSD, please read our bug reporting guidelines thoroughly.

Recently updated or added FAQ's
• 14.10 - Mounting disk images in OpenBSD.
• 6.9 - Setting up a PPTP connection in OpenBSD. Contributed by Michael 'fr0sty' Kummer <frost@f00bar.net>.
• 8.19 - Help, Some PCI devices aren't being properly detected in 2.8. - This will help you if you are having booting freezes or problems with OpenBSD 2.8.
• 10.14 - Applying patches to OpenBSD. - Applying patches from OpenBSD ERRATA.

The Current FAQ maintainers are:
Eric Jackson
Wim Vandeputte
Chris Cappuccio