If I have my "a" slice/partition is a "small" swap partition and my "c" slice

is a "large" BSD partition, setup should install to "c".

Or at least maybe prompt. Usually I want fewer prompts/questions, but..
I ran into this problem because Solaris setup encourages the swap

partition/slice to be first.

Luckily "a" filled up during setup and not later, so damage/pain was

minimized.
I realize the defaults in the install and the directions have you create the

BSD slice/partition as "a" so if you ignore Solaris you tend to get it right.
Any chance ever of a "swap file" instead of a "swap partition/slice"?
I'm sure this isn't a good "bug report", and debatable, so misc...
 - Jay

a is / and b is swap.  Yes, you can set it up other ways, but such

configurations are never tested and you will only ever confuse people

if you ask for help.  So leave it the openbsd way.

On May 18, 2008, at 8:54 AM, Jay wrote:
solaris does this because it expands the installer into the swap  
you're assuming that openbsd partitions need to be on the disk in  
yes.  if you don't assume that openbsd will work like <other OS> and  
I"m _guessing_ that what you're trying to achieve ( unadvisedly ) is

to have a tiny swap partition at the beginning of the disk and a

single partition for the OS.  I'm not going to bother preaching at you

about why this is bad, if you were interested in why you'd have

already taken the time to find out.
you can do this by creating the b (swap) partition first during the

install and then creating the a partition _physically_after_it_ on the

disk.
Luckily, you don't have to do it this way.  you can simply follow the

instructions in the INSTALL.<platform> file and end up with a sane  
Ben

Ben, I did mix up which letter is which. I didn't mean to violate which one is

the entire drive. I was going from memory. That wasn't the point.

Yes, the first time I installed, I took the defaults, and it worked.

Then I tried to install Solaris. Then with that in recent memory, I tried to

be like it.
I know multiple partitions/slices/labels are encouraged, but the docs also say

one is ok, and I really don't like to "fragment" stuff like this. I don't want

to have to decide how much space I need for everything, and then have it be

very difficult to change later.

Granted, lately I'm wanting to share something, like maybe /home, across

multiple operating systems.
I didn't google for swap file, admitted.
I don't really care if the swap partition is at the start, I was just

following what Solaris had encouraged.

As for it being "tiny", well, yeah, with 512meg, 1gig, and more physical

memory, I don't see why swap should be much, certainly more than 512meg.
Subject: Re: possible setup "bug" -- chose of default "a" partition can be

wrong like if it is swap> Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 10:26:03 -0700> > > On May

"c" slice> > is a "large" BSD partition, setup should install to "c".> > you

should not use c for anything. it's the whole disk.> > >> > Or at least maybe

prompt. Usually I want fewer prompts/questions, > > but..> >> > I ran into

this problem because Solaris setup encourages the swap> > partition/slice to

and not later, so damage/pain was> > minimized.> > you're assuming that

openbsd partitions need to be on the disk in > alphabetical order. this is

to get > > it right.> > yes. if you don't assume that openbsd will work like

<other OS> and > actually read the docs you tend to be better off> > > Any

chance ever of a "swap file" instead of a "swap partition/slice"?> > yes. i

leave the googling up to you.> > > I'm sure this isn't a good "bug report",

and debatable,...
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