The default partitions of installing OpenBSD is not appropriate for me:
I need more space for /, since I want to build source code. So I just create one partition:
Please notice when creating partitions, there are some useful commands. Such as p, which displays current partition status:
? is for help:
Use z to delete all partitions:
Create the root partition and save it:
Reference:
Easy OpenBSD Partition Scheme.
This is how you should NOT create partitions on OpenBSD. There are various reasons to create multiple partitions, just check the FAQ: https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#Partitioning or check the misc@ archives for discussions about this topic.
If you want to build source code, think about a suitable size and create a new partition just for this purpose. If in doubt about the size, reserve some space at the end of the disklabel so that you can grow a partition later on.
The user is in charge of they want to use their storage. I’ve been running OpenBSD for over a decade on systems with just 1-3 partitions. Your reply made me smile though, such elitism is rarely shown nowadays.
@Matthias Thanks very much for you point it out!
Thanks for the post, it worked out right here on my notebook
Thanks!