Absolute OpenBSD: Unix for the Practical Paranoid

The installer will now ask you for your root password. Your root password should be several characters long and include a mix of upper and lower case alphanumeric characters and symbols.

Password for root account (will not echo): Password (again):

Be sure you remember the root password! While it can be recovered by booting into single-user mode, you don't really want to go through that hassle to cover your own mistakes.