On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:43:24 -0700 patrick keshishian <pkesh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 9:49 PM, J.C. Roberts > <list-...@designtools.org> wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:34:55 -0600 Theo de Raadt > > <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> wrote: > > > >> So OpenBSD 4.5 will be available soon, next weekend. > >> > >> I feel that I should urge people to avoid the new snapshots until > >> after they give 4.5 a try, because a few of us have been improving > >> the system installer a little bit. B It is night and day. > >> > >> Therefore; don't try to install a -current snapshot or you'll > >> really hate installing 4.5... > > > > > > I've already been spoilt by the new installer in -current (for 4.6). > > It's sweet! And from the commit logs, it's only gotten better in the > > last handful of days since I used it. > > > > The auto-partitioning will be real helpful for new folks. > > > One thing I did notice at least with the Apr 11th snapshot[1] is that > the installer skips the disklabel step. I am not sure if I like that. > > --patrick Hi Partick, Did you do a fresh installation or an update? If you're just updating is there any point in making you waste time on the disklabel step? If you really wanted to *change* the existing partitions on your disks during the update, then you're doing it wrong. In most partition-changing cases, you're better off using dump(8) to backup, repartition your disk (possibly during a fresh install), and then use restore (8) to put your data back. In other but rare cases, growfs(8) might be another option. --But both of these situations are outside of the scope of the installer doing an update (same OS version), or for that matter, even doing an upgrade (OS version change 4.4->4.5). If you read the commit logs in the last couple of weeks, you'd see the new installer improving a few times each day, so by the time you get your paws on a new snapshot, it's already old. -- J.C. Roberts
