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i think the comment is about the archaic interface to the disk partitioning that openbsd uses in the installer. it confuses a lot of people. (former openbsd us
by jnazario 14y ago
i think the comment is about the archaic interface to the disk partitioning that openbsd uses in the installer. it confuses a lot of people.
(former openbsd user, committer, and book author. no, i don't use it any more.)
- protomyth 14y agothe tool is a bit of a pain, but they have an autogen now. It really doesn't take me long, but it is a might bit confusing for new people.
- danielweber 14y agoThat's awesome. I'd been using a script that emitted all the "right answers" that I would then paste into the installer, mostly because of that.
- gnu8 14y agoI still don't understand this criticism of OpenBSD. I managed to use the installer to set up a fully partitioned OpenBSD system circa version 2.7 as a stoned highschool freshman. I think some people just have trouble using computer programs that require them to use a keyboard and read the documentation.
- jnazario 14y agomaybe. took me a few minutes but honestly it got in a number of peoples' ways the first time they saw openbsd's installed way back in the day, and they were no dummies. this is ~1999 mind you, i have no idea since about 2004 what openbsd has been like to install.
- meaty 14y agoSeriously it's not that hard.
- protomyth 14y agoTrue, it really isn't. It is just different and a little weird with commands like 'a a'. After the first time you know all the letters and what partitions to lay down.
- papsosouid 14y ago>(former openbsd user, committer, and book author. no, i don't use it any more.) Mind if I ask why? OpenBSD seems to really chase away developers, virtually everyone who was around back when I paid attention is gone now.