On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 10:11 PM Brian Conway <bcon...@rcesoftware.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2024, at 6:37 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > Is there a disadvantage to having this layout style where everything is > on > > 1 partition? > > Beyond the plethora of responses you've already received, the Installation > section of the FAQ covers this thoroughly: > > https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#Partitioning > > Brian Conway > Hello Brian, With this response, I must now say I am glad I asked this question. I have read the FAQ on partitioning and it explains it very well. Thoroughly if you will. That also led me to https://man.openbsd.org/disklabel#AUTOMATIC_DISK_ALLOCATION - where the sense behind the size calculations has been justified. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]