On 3/21/19 6:49 AM, Mihai Popescu wrote: > Hello, > > I want to move my usb stick from msdos partition to more specific to > OpenBSD. I use this stick to keep some configuration files and > documents on it. > > sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <SanDisk, Cruzer Fit, 1.26> SCSI4 > 0/direct fixed serial.07815571010812120514 > sd1: 30532MB, 512 bytes/sector, 62530624 sectors > > Steps I've done to achieve this: > > # fdisk -e sd1 >> reinit ... > # disklabel -E sd1 > Label editor (enter '?' for help at any prompt) ...[create an a partition, proper starting offset, etc.]
> # newfs sd1a ... > > For mount I use mount /dev/sd1a /mnt. (no options yet!) > > I want to ask if there are some suggestions in creating > partition(s)/slice(s), types and mount options, please. I don't need > softupdates. Files used are small and I copy a few at the time. Well...if you are just moving files around, I wouldn't worry much about partitioning. If you want to actually make it bootable, that's a different discussion. Only exception I can think of -- if you want to split it between OpenBSD and Windows use, fdisk to make a DOS partition (first) and an OpenBSD fdisk partition (physically after the DOS/FAT partition), disklabel it and format it on Windows, then format it on OpenBSD. Few small files a few at a time? Just use the defaults. If performance matters, mounting with "noatime" and "softdep" are HUGE wins. If you aren't waiting, though, you won't get any benefit, so just use the defaults. Nick.
