On Oct 22 03:34:45, Daniel Malament wrote:
> In fact, there was a particular reason for my question. I had the vague
> impression, probably erroneous, I suppose, that it was possible to get
> the old install script to only newfs those systems for which you
> specified a mount point.
Which is exactly what happens with the new install script, too.
Also, FAQ 4.5.1 says
Install: load OpenBSD onto the system, overwriting whatever may
have been there. Note that it is possible to leave some
partitions untouched in this process, such as a /home, but
otherwise, assume everything else is overwritten.
> So assuming that the install script can't do what I was expecting, is
> there some other way to do a fresh install to only one/some partitions
> on a drive, or are the choices only a) blow the whole drive away b)
> install to a clean disk or c) do an upgrade?
Just leave the partition without a mount point for it in disklabel.
