On Sat, Sep 20, 2025 at 10:37:52AM -0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2025-09-19, Thomas de Grivel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't see any caveat except choosing the right partition at install > > and upgrade. > > > > At worst you end up with the wrong version of OpenBSD and need to > > reinstall with separate /home it's no problem. > > > > Be careful with bsd.rd and it should work. > > > > I have a few machines with multiple disks that could be mounted as > > root but only installboot and /etc/fstab decide what to mount as root > > as far as I have seen in OpenBSD world. > > IME, experienced sysadmins will usually try avoid things which > are more likely to result in surprises in the future.
I can not fully express how much I agree with what Stuart says here. I had originally intended to stay clear of this discussion entirely, since my take would have been along the lines of "sure, if you want to practice foot-shooting, please do it at a safe distance from others" or "if the overriding purpose is to find out just what it is possible to get away with, however temporarily, fine. But don't be too surprised when it blows up in your face." If you intend to attempt any of these things, please do so only on systems that do not matter at all to other people. Including any bystanders who might be required to clean up the mess afterwards. -- Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team https://nxdomain.no/~peter/blogposts https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition "Remember to set the evil bit on all malicious network traffic" delilah spamd[29949]: 85.152.224.147: disconnected after 42673 seconds.
