On 10/22/2009 4:31 AM, Jan Stary wrote:
On Oct 22 03:34:45, Daniel Malament wrote:
In fact, there was a particular reason for my question. I had the vague
impression, probably erroneous, I suppose, that it was possible to get
the old install script to only newfs those systems for which you
specified a mount point.
Which is exactly what happens with the new install script, too.
Hm. I think I may have tried things the wrong way first. (Which like I
said, I would have expected to notice _before_ it was too late.) Glad
to know I didn't make that bit up, though. :)
Also, FAQ 4.5.1 says
Install: load OpenBSD onto the system, overwriting whatever may
have been there. Note that it is possible to leave some
partitions untouched in this process, such as a /home, but
otherwise, assume everything else is overwritten.
I missed that, but regardless, I'm not seeing anything about how to do
that in the FAQ...
So assuming that the install script can't do what I was expecting, is
there some other way to do a fresh install to only one/some partitions
on a drive, or are the choices only a) blow the whole drive away b)
install to a clean disk or c) do an upgrade?
Just leave the partition without a mount point for it in disklabel.
Thanks. I think I may test this out a bit more thoroughly on a spare
drive next time before risking further aggravation, though...
