On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 1:58 PM, d...@genunix.com <d...@genunix.com> wrote: > First thing I see is that it was so very easy to install. I was almost > expecting to need to curse and recurse but the install was trivial. I > kept a log of the whole process in case something went wrong but nope, > it is just a nice simple log.
Thank you! We strive to make our installer as clean and simple to use as possible. > However upon first boot I see that my disk slices are a bit odd in terms > of size. I would have liked to arrange things differently. So (next time) when the installer displays its suggested disklabel and asks: >> Use (A)uto layout, (E)dit auto layout, or create (C)ustom layout? [a] You should use 'e' and adjust the layout and sizes to your taste. > Certainly I will need to create a mount point for a /opt filesystem <...> I'm not sure why you would want a /opt filesystem. In OpenBSD, ports and packages install under /usr/local/ I suggest trying those and, in general, getting used to how OpenBSD lays stuff out before you add more partitions. > The questions on my mind, in order of importance seem to be : > > 1) how do I do a full low level backup and then verify that I > can restore the system ? To an NFS mount or tape or whatever. If you've *just* installed the system, I would tend to simply blow everything away and reinstall, perhaps making a quick copy of any recently modified files under /etc... If you really want ot do a full backup, "dump" works just fine, ala "dump -u0f /path/to/nfs/mount/usr.dump.0 /usr" > 2) how do I edit the disk slices or "partitions" to be what I want? When you edit the auto-created label during install (by entering 'e' as indicated above), then you can resize the suggested partitions with the 'R' command in disklabel. That'll shift the later partitions around to match. > 3) how do I eventually contribute software packages or similar? Read the FAQ section on ports and packages. <fdisk stuff skipped, as others have explained that you don't need that on sparc64> Philip Guenther
