At Wed, 13 May 2020 07:03:41 +0200, Martin Husemann <mar...@duskware.de> wrote: Subject: Re: NetBSD install experiences > > That means in a very minimal setup where you boot from an UEFI install > image on USB and you have a target SATA disk that already has some GPT > partitions you would get devices like: > > sd0 the USB stick you booted from > wd0 the SATA disk > dk0 some GPT partition on wd0 > dk1 another GPT partition on wd0 > dk2 the EFI boot partition on the USB boot medium > dk3 the boot/root partition on the USB boot medium (not offered > by the installer) > > in mostly random order. >[[....]] > I'm thinking about making that list of potential target devices more like > a tree so the selection becomes more obvious.
Ah! Yes, a tree-like view of the devices would be immensely useful!
(especially since by that point getting a look at the dmesg output again
is, well, painful)
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