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+Below you can find instructions for installing OpenBSD on a personal computer. The example below is catered towards installing on a X220 ThinkPad laptop.
+
+## Requirements
+
+* USB device
+* Ethernet connection (with active internet)
+* A cup of coffee
+
+## Before the Install
+
+Make sure you have the latest OpenBSD image formatted on your USB device and that your computer/laptop is set to boot from USB via the BIOS.
+
+## Installation
+
+1. Boot from USB
+2. Choose Install
+3. Keyboard layout: US
+4. Hostname: x220 (or whatever you choose)
+5. Network: em0
+6. IPv4: autoconf
+7. IPv6: none
+8. Network interface: done
+9. Password for root
+10. Start sshd by default? Yes
+11. X Window System start with xenodm? No
+12. Setup user? username (setup user)
+13. Allow root ssh login? No
+14. Timezone
+15. Which disk? Use internal
+16. Encrypt root disk? No
+17. Use WHOLE disk
+18. Use AUTO layout
+19. Which disk to initialize: done
+20. Location of sets: http
+21. HTTP Proxy URL? None
+22. HTTP Server? 1 (Toronto)
+23. Confirm again
+24. Server directory? pub/OpenBSD/7.5/amd64
+25. Set names? Done
+26. Drink some coffee while it verifies (depends on network speed)
+27. Location of sets? Done
+28. Congrats!
+29. Reboot and remove USB device