On 05/07/12 00:52, Johan Ryberg wrote: > Hi. > > Not stupid at all. > > Flashboot is not intended to replace a standard OpenBSD installation and if > you want to use a normal installation on a USB stick then you are probably > best off with the installation process that you described. > > Flashboot is made for appliances with sd-card from 128 Mb (64 Mb with > little work). The entire file system is mounted as read only and the > sd-card will not wear out. The update process is also simplified since you > only has to replace the kernel (ramdisk with entire userlard) and you are > up and running a new version of OpenBSD in minutes. > > Later some new scripts has been added to simplify and the script that makes > a bootable usb image of the install51.iso is one example of that but that > is not the Flashboot core, just a little tool. > > Best regards Johan Ryberg
Any possibility we could request that the project description make it more clear that this is NOT a mainstream, "here is how you should run OpenBSD from flash media" solution? And hopefully, a "this is NOT supported by the OpenBSD project" notice, too? The problem is, a lot of people seem to find your project and decide, "oh, this is how I should run OpenBSD from flash media", and then force fit a Flashboot install into a "tiny" 2GB flash media, instead of just doing a normal install and getting a normal system. I'm not denying there are places where either tiny amounts of storage are available or where the ability to wack a power switch and have ZERO concern for file system integrity (or waiting for an fsck after such an event) are highly beneficial, but there are an awful lot of people who believe this is The Way Things Should Be Done, then shoot themselves in the foot because they have no idea what they are doing or how to support the thing they have made. And then they run to the OpenBSD lists looking for support, confusing "based on OpenBSD" with "is OpenBSD". Nick. > On May 7, 2012 12:31 AM, "cody chandler" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have a possible stupid question. How is the install hard if I simply >> direct the install drive to /dev/sd0? I have a 32Gb usb stick and have >> 11Gigs for OBSD and the rest is fat32. I'm not seeing how the default >> installer is lacking options for install. >> >> Thank you >> Cody >> On May 6, 2012 6:09 PM, "Johan Ryberg" <[email protected]> wrote:
