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Installing OpenBSD on any VPS via ipxe (128mb RAM, 1GB Disk)

Installing OpenBSD on any VPS via ipxe (128mb RAM, 1GB Disk)

by backtogeek·Mar 27, 2026·4 points·1 comment
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AI Analysis

●MidNiche Gem

Useful guide, but it's documentation—not a product or tool you can actually use.

Strengths
  • •Works on 128mb RAM / 1GB disk constraints that most OS installers cannot handle.
  • •Static IP configuration method included for hosts without DHCP support.
Weaknesses
  • •Forum post tutorial, not a reusable tool, script, or product with staying power.
  • •Extremely narrow audience—only matters if you specifically need OpenBSD on cheap VPS.
Target Audience

System administrators running low-resource VPS instances

Post Description

I made this guide and posted it on the LowEndSpirit.com VPS/Hosting community forum, a guide to installing OpenBSD on any VPS with a console and ipxe support (pretty much any KVM based host should support this now) even if they dont have any BSD templates, no dhcp required, static config method included and ipxe shell commands to get started.

I did this in a tint 128mb ram vps with 1 vcpu and 1GB disk, hopefully it gets people thinking about doing and achieving more with less, the LowEndSpirit philosophy!

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