Re: Upgrading to current prep

2018-03-12 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:34:44 +1100 > I keep hearing about longevity issues with flash based storage. It > seems this paranoia just won't die. > It is not paranoia but dependent on use cases! The OPs concerns have a high chance to be unfounded however. > I'm coming up to 13 years of installing

Re: Upgrading to current prep

2018-03-12 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:34:44PM +1100, SJP Lists wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 11:42:55PM -0500, Rupert Gallagher wrote: > > > > > only as originally intended for unix systems. Further, variable > > > content partitions such as /var and /home should be large enough to > > > allow for ssd w

Re: Upgrading to current prep

2018-03-12 Thread SJP Lists
> On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 11:42:55PM -0500, Rupert Gallagher wrote: > > > only as originally intended for unix systems. Further, variable > > content partitions such as /var and /home should be large enough to > > allow for ssd wear levelling, or you will toss away expensive ssds > > like autumn le

Re: Upgrading to current prep

2018-03-11 Thread Chris Bennett
On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 11:00:06AM +, Mihai Popescu wrote: > > ... should be ... > > Why are some people considering OpenBSD should suit them and only them? > They are not even part from development project, they are not even > close to the concept and still proclaiming on the mail list what

Re: Upgrading to current prep

2018-03-11 Thread Mihai Popescu
> ... should be ... Why are some people considering OpenBSD should suit them and only them? They are not even part from development project, they are not even close to the concept and still proclaiming on the mail list what "should be". I always wonder where this feeling of better knowledge comes

Re: Upgrading to current prep

2018-03-11 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 11:27:19AM +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 04:04:29AM -0400, Rupert Gallagher wrote: > > > > The default setup and autoallocation fits development use, for that > > /usr shoud be modifiable. > > > > It can be remounted rw in that case. No need to kee

Re: Upgrading to current prep

2018-03-11 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 04:04:29AM -0400, Rupert Gallagher wrote: > > The default setup and autoallocation fits development use, for that > /usr shoud be modifiable. > > It can be remounted rw in that case. No need to keep it rw by default with > src and obj inside. The unix standard ro is more

Re: Upgrading to current prep

2018-03-10 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 11:42:55PM -0500, Rupert Gallagher wrote: > Obsd default partitioning and default packaging still fails me. > /usr/src and /usr/obj contain variable content, and thus should be > /var/src and /var/obj instead, allowing for /usr to be mounted read > only as originally intend

Re: Upgrading to current prep

2018-03-10 Thread Patrick Marchand
On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 07:22:43PM +, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 02:15:02PM -0500, math...@posteo.net wrote: > > > > You would not be the first > > > one to have written to a file in /dev instead of a device. > > > > Thats exactly what happened, my /dev/sd1 is 943056 bytes

Re: Upgrading to current prep

2018-03-10 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 01:43:04PM -0500, math...@posteo.net wrote: > Hi folks, > I'm upgrading to -current today, but before I did that I've been > backuping stuff and making sure I understand the current state of my > system. My system runs 6.2-release with all syspatches. > > When I installed

Upgrading to current prep

2018-03-10 Thread mathuin
Hi folks, I'm upgrading to -current today, but before I did that I've been backuping stuff and making sure I understand the current state of my system. My system runs 6.2-release with all syspatches. When I installed the system I used the basic installation settings and did not modify much, for in