On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 09:32:34AM +0000, bsdbsdbsd1 wrote:
> I am much obliged.
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> Best regards
> John Scofield
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> On Monday, November 18th, 2024 at 9:28 AM, Zé Loff <zel...@zeloff.org> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 09:06:35AM +0000, bsdbsdbsd1 wrote:
> >
> > > Please, if you may. Do you know how to install OpenBSD onto one partition
> > > only?
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > > John Scofield
> >
> >
> > On the installer, ask to create a custom layout, delete all partitions
> > except b (swap) and c (not really a partition), add a new partition
> > ("a") than spans the entire disk (well, the "OpenBSD" section of it, see
> > fdisk for details) and assign it to mount point "/".
Minor correction: the "custom layout" option is to create one from
scratch. You then only need to create the "a" partition, and assign it
to "/".
My initial answer was actually about editing the automatic layout
proposed by the installer, and in this case you would need to delete the
partitions first.
> >
> > Before doing any of this, read the man page for disklabel, if you're not
> > familiar with it.
> >
> > (I'm deliberately sidestepping the whole "single partition" thing, which
> > is a bad idea for a number of reasons.)
> >
> > Cheers
> > --
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