On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 10:55 AM Theo de Raadt <dera...@openbsd.org> wrote: > > Parodper <parod...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I think there should be a prompt in the installer before overwriting the > > partition tables. The current behavior is, when selecting the whole > > disk, to overwrite the partition table directly. > > Isn't it kind of obvious that selecting the whole disk requires > overwriting the partition table? > > The installer has acted this way for more than 20 years. It is well > documented. Haven't heard a complaint in a decade. Did you read the > installation docs? > > I doubt other major operating system installers ask you again if you are > sure you want this hidden but obvious step, so why should our installer? > Meanwhile, your change probably breaks including auto and templated > installs -- because a newly introduced question which isn't answered > will receive \n, and without y\n it fails. > > Furthermore I think the whole concept of installing multiple operating > systems on one disk and multiple-booting is increasingly complex to the > point of being a waste of time. Major operating systems don't make it > trivial. Why should the smaller systems be held to the standard of > making it easy? It is easy to get another machine, or use a virtual > machine. Sorry to break the news, but as a rule the most fragile > configurations of any software are the ones unused by the developers. > This is definately one. None of us use multiboot. >
my 2 cents here, I multi booted in 1999 , it's mostly useless this days, as stated above, if i were in a hurry i would have a usb key with openBSD boolader and MAYBE a boot.conf so i ask the BIOS to go boot that ( with f8 or f12 or whatever the bios provides ) This key can also be used as an emergency tool in case of hard drive failures. (W)hole disk is quite clear I wonder if anyone is using XEN this days to have multiple OS -- -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do
