hi. i have read some tutorials on the net, but i have some things im not sure about.
i've downloaded from the official OpenBSD FTP server the following things from this [[[ ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.4/ ]]] directory:
- all of the files on this main directory (not including the folders inside this directory)
- all the files in the i386 directory.
i know that there are some unnecessary files in both directories, like the B and C floppies or the X.install files other than the i386.install file, but that's not the point.
the point is that i don't know how the CD should be organized, like which files should be in which folders to make the CD workable, and which packages i need from the packages/i386/ to make my OpenBSD system useful (like compiler, WM, and other useful things that should be on a good OpenBSD system, i believe :] ) - and again, where should i put them.
im not quiet sure about how the structure of the CD should be...

a big TIA,
Me

The OpenBSD install instructions are here.

This should give you all you need.

i tried there and i can't understand what they are explaining... and that's why im asking here, to get a more "human-answer" and not a "manual-answer"...

What exactly are you trying to do? Do you just want a CD that you can boot from to install the system? If so, just burn cd34.iso to a CD and boot from it. From there you can download all the necessary sets to install the system via FTP or HTTP.

If you want to actually create a CD with your own content on it, then you're going to need a more advanced understanding any way. Start by following the links in http://openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#MkCD-ROM . You need at least bsd, base34.tgz, etc34.tgz. The others are optional, although you'll probably want most of them (depending on what you're doing with the system).

I wanna do the second option, to say making my own CD with my own content on it.
and of course i want the X system and X fonts. let's assume that i've already installed the base system and i don't have my internet working, and i want to add the packages from another CD i have burned with the i386 packages. does it really matter if i'll put the packages in that directory or in another?
well i guess that the best answer for me will be to try and install it and see if it works, but if you have additional advices for me that will be great

ohhh and another one little thing - will the installation install a boot loader like LILO or something? coz i have here in this machine a WinXP and a Slackware 9.1 running... (maybe i'll erase my linux before i'll install OpenBSD, assuming that with OpenBSD i won't need linux anymore). I've heard of things saying you could use lilo, and others say that you need some ELF or something... didn't really got that... well that's all i think...

thank you

OpenBSD will give you an option to not change the MBR, then you can specify in LILO how to boot OpenBSD. If you do have OpenBSD install it's MBR, I believe that will overwrite the one from LILO.

I would not put things in a non-standard directory on the CD. Put them in the same directories that the FTP servers use (except take off the pub/, of course). When you choose to install sets from the CD, it will ask you for the directory. By the way, the base install sets are called sets, they have a whole load of things that they install. Packages are specific applications, those get installed later on. You cannot install packages during the install. You add them later with the pkg_add command (even though they both end in .tgz, they're different).

ummm ok thank you, i have now almost all of the answers to my questions, but still i don't know that if i'll let the OpenBSD installation to re-write the MBR - would it install an eligable dual bootloader so that i will be able to boot windows? (and optionally linux?)
and again thank you for your answers

edit: oops that is my other nick in my second computer (which i don't uses alot). but nevermind

I'm pretty sure the OpenBSD install does make accommodations for a custom fileset during install. Unfortunately, I don't recall the particular filename that it looks for.