Joachim Schipper wrote: > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:25:50AM -0500, stan wrote: >> I am trying to put OpenBSD on some Soekris machines. I have looked around >> and fount the flashrd toolkit. Uinsg it, I was able to create a bootable >> compact flash image for one of the machines. However, I pretty much did it >> by following the driections without understnaidng what was being don, and >> we all know where that leads :-) >> >> Now, I am trying to change a fwe things, and I need to get a better >> understnading of what is being done here. Specifically, I want to create a >> larger /usr partion in the vnd iamge. What determiens the size of these? I >> have looked through the cfgflashrd, and the growimg scripts, but I don't >> see any knobs to tweak in these for this. > > It's generally recommended to just do a full install; a couple of GB of > Flash memory is now sufficiently cheap that mucking with flashrd > probably isn't worth the effort. > > Joachim
yes. PLEASE. Follow the logic: * I use a special install * I want to customize it. * HELP ME! * I will get no support from ANYONE on the result. vs. * I use a standard install. * Things Just Work. Just yesterday, I inquired about "small" CF media. Smallest my local computer superstore had was...4G. 4G!! I can put most Windows and Linux installs in that! I ran file servers handling 50 users on one fourth that size! OpenBSD can do builds in that space. PLEASE, forget those mutant systems ever existed (or...don't ask about them here), stick to standard installs. IF you get to a point where the standard install doesn't do the job for some reason, by then you will probably understand the system well enough to do what you want done on your own, without asking people for help bastardizing a bastardized system. No one who is encouraging you to use some bastardized system for your solution is your friend, they are just encouraging you to waste your time unproductively. Nick.
