Philip Guenther <guent...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Certainly I will need to create a mount point for a /opt filesystem <...> > > I'm not sure why you would want a /opt filesystem. In OpenBSD, ports > and packages install under /usr/local/ > I suggest trying those and, in general, getting used to how OpenBSD > lays stuff out before you add more partitions.
/opt is commonly used to install packages/programs from source. It's nice to put programs like: /opt/emacs-24.3.50 (<- a development version) /opt/R-2.11.1 (<- a hoary version) /opt/R-3.0.2 (<- a newer version than pkg, but generally same file names) Then, one can obliterate the directory and not have to pick through /usr/local. But, I don't see why it needs to be on its own partition, other than /
