On 2025-09-19, Thomas de Grivel <[email protected]> wrote: > Well running with /usr read-only is not supported but it only takes a > mount -uw from times to times so it's worth it in my opinion. > > If running OpenBSD on multiple partitions is ok with /etc/boot.conf > then why not ? > > 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.
