Hello all, I have a 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram. I bought an 8 GB drive to put in my P-II and it won't boot it so I've put in in the 486 along with a 1 GB drive.
I'm on dialup and would like to avoid a bad partitioning decision requring a whole new install/download cycle (I'm on slow dialup). The purpose of the box is to try out the mechanics of using OpenBSD for a desktop. Obviously, the 486 will be slow at running (or unable to run some) desktop apps but I'll learn the mechanics of following patch branch and get totally comfortable with the system. I'll also be able to learn pf (I'm used to Shorewall on Debian). The box has two drives, both Western Digital. One is 8.1 GB, the other is 1.1. I'll be installing 4.1 release then installing the patches and following their instructions re rebuilding. Here's what I'm thinking: wd0 (1.1 GB drive): a 100 MB / b 128 MB swap c 1.1 GB d 256 MB /tmp e ~640 MB /var wd1 (8.1 GB drive): a 100 MB spare / b 128 MB swap c 8.1 GB d 1.0 GB /home e ~6.9 GB /usr Do you think that this will give me all the room I need to install and keep patched: full install icewm or Xfce Konqueror Firefox a pdf reader or two (Evince, Kpdf, Xpdf) mplayer mc mutt vim Yes, I know that compiles will take forever and a day, but hopefully I won't be recompiling much; I need the space in case its required. Are these partitions a good size in the right order or are they any suggestions for improvement? Thanks, Doug.
