I'm a long-time GNU/Linux user, and in the past I've purchased the OpenBSD cd set and got it to running. Then I would run into issues and put it away.
I decided to do something different with OpenBSD 5.5 this time. I approached it differently. I wanted to update for the SSH issue and had issues with the CSV servers... I tried different CVS servers and had much more success, but then would run into space issues. I tried to see if I could alter the way OpenBSD allocates space to different partitions upon installing... then it occurred to me to try a larger hard drive, since the allocation is apparently based on percentage of hard drive capacity. I was initially installing on ~160GB hard drives, I tried a 250GB hard drive next and still ran into issues. I finally put on a 3TB hard drive and was able to upgrade to -stable successfully. I've even managed to update w/ CVS and upgrade multiple times. I'm reading the @misc mailing list again and am continually amazed at how OpenBSD continually manages to keep genuinely improving, not throwing fads at me, but consistently providing me a high-quality computing experience, which is what drove me to try GNU/Linux in the first place. Even though I'm composing this message on an old computer, it is nice to experience smooth, trouble-free computing. I'm going to keep researching to see how to alter the partitioning, my first preference would be to try to adjust the percentages of space allocation, and failing that, then I would follow the Lucas methodology on partitioning (pg. 78, Michael W. Lucas, "Absolute OpenBSD: Unix For The Practical Paranoid," No Starch Press: 2003), and manually compute the parameters. If you're new to OpenBSD, I highly recommend the Lucas and Hansteen Open-BSD related books. You might get the books for a more inexpensive price elsewhere, but you help out OpenBSD by shopping for these and other titles at http://www.openbsd.org/books.html As my son gets more into computing, I hope he can learn to appreciate the commitment to excellence and integrity of the OpenBSD team. He's wanting to get into programming. Many thanks to all who make OpenBSD possible. Please remember to buy your OpenBSD cd set to support the developers. OpenBSD doesn't just work, it rocks, and solidly, at that! Sincerely, Daniel Villarreal somewhere in Southern Ontario, Canada P.S. At some point I do plan on purchasing the Peter N.M. Hansteeen's "The Book of PF, 2nd Edition A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall" from the OpenBSD store.
