Now the installer will prompt for network setup:
Available network interfaces are: nfe0 vlan0 Network interface to configure? (name, lladdr, '?' or 'done') [nfe0]
Most of the time we want to pick the first interface listed, which is "nfe0" for me, but might be different for you. "vlan0" is a virtual LAN interface which doesn't correspond to physical network cards. You can also just type "done" - the system will still install without an Internet connection, but you'll have to set it up post-install.
Then the installer asks if the computer has a static or dynamic IP:
IPv4 address for nfe0? (or 'autoconf' or 'none') [autoconf]
If your computer has a static IP address on its LAN, type that address in. If it has a dynamic address, then type "autoconf". If you have no idea what I'm talking about, then your PC most likely has a dynamic IP, so type "autoconf". My computer has a dynamic IP, so let's type "autoconf" in.
Then we get a similar prompt for IPv6:
IPv6 address for nfe0? (or 'autoconf' or 'none') [none]
I won't be using IPv6 on this system, so let's type in "none". Then type in "done" if it asks for any more network interfaces - one will be enough.
User setup
Now the installer will ask for the root password and then we get some technical looking questions:
Start sshd(8) by default? [yes] no Do you expect to run the X Window System? [yes] yes Do you want the X Window System to be started by xenodm(1)? [no] yes Change the default console to com0? [no] no
sshd is a tool used for remotely accessing Unix systems. This is a desktop, not a server, so I'll say no - not having sshd running will save a bit of RAM. If your system is going to be a server, you'd likely want to say "yes" to this question.
The X Window System should be enabled if we're going to use a GUI (an interface more like Windows than DOS) - I'll say yes here. If you are sure you'll be using OpenBSD command line only, you can say no.
xenodm is a graphical login screen - I'll enable it. If I left it disabled, the system would boot into a command line login and GUI could be started with the "startx" command.
For the com0 question, say no unless you know what you are doing (and installing on an embedded system) - saying yes means the system would be used with a serial port terminal rather than keyboard, mouse and monitor.
Now we set up a non-root user account and set the timezone:
Setup a user? (enter a lower-case loginname, or 'no') [no] crimson
Full name for user crimson? [crimson] crimson_phoneme
Password for user crimson? (will not echo)
Password for user crimson? (again)
What timezone are you in? ('?' for a list) ?
My username here is "crimson", yours can obviously be different.