On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 10:51:42AM +0200, Christoph Liebender wrote: > Hello misc@, > > I'm about to install OpenBSD onto an Edgerouter 6P - inspired by [1]. Since > this router only has 4GB of eMMC, I'm wary of installing all sets. > > FWIW, this is not the first time that I skip sets in an install, albeit that > in those cases, issues came up afterwards. Particularly, I once chose to > skip the X subsystem on one install only to find out that they are required > for some ports. Considering that adding sets afterwards is a little more > complicated than ftp && cp, I'm asking questions here before I find myself > in that situation again. > > So, I definitely will not ever find myself in a situation where I need X on > the Edgerouter - I'm quite sure about that - thus, I can safely skip > x*77.tgz. (right?) What about comp77.tgz? Is it possible that some ports - > talking about pkg_add-ing them, not building them from source - require the > "libraries" that come with comp? Quoting the FAQ here: "The compiler > collection" (probably wouldn't want to compile anything on that CPU, too > RISCy...) "headers" (won't need those then) "and libraries" (do I need > them???). > > Are my assumptions correct? Is there anything else to be aware of when > skipping sets?
You do not have to use the internal emmc on these devices at all costs. A good quality USB-3 storage device should work just fine.
