On Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 11:47:58AM -0400, Daniel Villarreal wrote:
> 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.
>
Not much computation needed, even if you go manually:
At the dislabel prompt:
a
<enter> (accept suggested letter)
<enter> (accept suggetsed offset)
xg<enter> (enter size x gigabytes, or use x%)
<enter> (accept fs type)
/<enter> (mount point)
Repeat for other partitions.
It is also perfectly possible to shrink of grow the auto allocated
partitions, using the R command in disklabel.
-Otto
> 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.
