[suggestion] i had to delete/resize default sized partitions.

////// · 01-08-2018, 05:04 AM

i installed openbsd 6.1 when it was released and chose automatic/default partition layout.
everything went fine until i chose to install/compile ports, i ran out of disk space.

luckily there was this howto :
https://www.bsdhowto.ch/how-to-resiz...ns-on-openbsd/

it was easy to delete/add/grow partitions if you followed the howto.

maybe openbsd guys should notify users that if you compile ports you need bigger sized partition.

thanks

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jggimi · 01-08-2018, 05:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by //////

i installed openbsd 6.1 when it was released and chose automatic/default partition layout.
everything went fine until i chose to install/compile ports, i ran out of disk space.

luckily there was this howto :
https://www.bsdhowto.ch/how-to-resiz...ns-on-openbsd/

it was easy to delete/add/grow partitions if you followed the howto.

maybe openbsd guys should notify users that if you compile ports you need bigger sized partition.

thanks

//////

The disk partitioning section of the Installation Guide in the OpenBSD FAQ already does.

Quote:

Compiling some ports from source can take huge amounts of space on your /usr and /tmp partitions.

////// · 01-08-2018, 06:00 AM

thanks alot for the link, i missed it completely even tho i googled about it.

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jggimi · 01-08-2018, 06:08 AM

Glad to be of help. The FAQ I pointed you to is kept up-to-date with the most recent release, which is 6.2.

BTW, it may help to know that OpenBSD 6.1 will be end-of-life and no longer supported upon the release of 6.3. Releases occur twice per year, on or before May 1 / November 1, and only the two most recent releases are supported.

////// · 01-08-2018, 06:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jggimi

BTW, it may help to know that OpenBSD 6.1 will be end-of-life and no longer supported upon the release of 6.3. Releases occur twice per year, on or before May 1 / November 1, and only the two most recent releases are supported.[/I]

yeah, planning to upgrade soon. haven't decided the date yet.

cynwulf · 01-08-2018, 06:46 AM

On a -release system, there's usually no need to build ports unless you've fetched the -stable ports tree and are building ports from that?

rufwoof · 03-09-2018, 09:30 AM

mv /usr/ports /home/
ln -s /home/ports /usr/ports