On 8/23/06, Mohd Hisham Mohd Omar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bryan Allen wrote: > disklabel -E wd0 > man 8 disklabel > > Though maybe I am confusing "automatic" for "interactive" in this > context, as I've never noticed an automatic (best defaults?) > partition scheme frob in the installer.
Thanks Bryan, but I did meant automatic disklabeling or 'automatic detection of existing foreign partitions' if you will. Forgive me for not being clear. The FAQ says in 14.16.1 I had to do it manually but I know Openbsd is much smarter than that, because it did exactly just that (automatic detection) during initial install. I'm using Openbsd 3.9 Stable on wd0.
OpenBSD is smart precisely because it does not get in your way with stupid wizards. OpenBSD makes _you_ smart, and it does that by being "dumb". Fancy algorithms and heurestics and things get all garbled up when you need to actually get something done. Remember, in unix, the highest value is Keep It Simple Stupid. It doesn't take that long to # fdisk wd0 # write down the numbers # disklabel -E wd0 does it? It is very opposite to how people read text. Also, don't top post please. -Nick
