Re:OpenBSD 6.0: why and how
by doozy on Thursday September 01, 2016 @10:34AM
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> The installers are amazing. The initial installation takes like five minutes. Hit [Enter] to the defaults, make your username and password, and it's ready to go.
I love OpenBSD, but this is blatantly false. The installer is 20 years behind any other major OS. The only installation that is really supported is on a dedicated machine, overwriting everything in the drive. And in true OpenBSD fashion, it'll do it without prompting you twice. OpenBSD's fdisk is spartan at best.
Also for ideological reasons (that I share) the installation media does not include firmware. Lots of video and network cards needs firmware to work, so make sure you download a copy of any required firmware to a USB stick beforehand.
I love OpenBSD, but this is blatantly false. The installer is 20 years behind any other major OS. The only installation that is really supported is on a dedicated machine, overwriting everything in the drive. And in true OpenBSD fashion, it'll do it without prompting you twice. OpenBSD's fdisk is spartan at best.
Also for ideological reasons (that I share) the installation media does not include firmware. Lots of video and network cards needs firmware to work, so make sure you download a copy of any required firmware to a USB stick beforehand.