Re: odd homework looking to upgrade sticks..

Crystal Kolipe <kolipe.c@exoticsilicon.com> wrote:

> First of all, let's be clear what you are trying to do.
>
> I think from your first message you are trying to do this:
>
> 1. Fresh install of OpenBSD on a new 64 Gb USB stick
> 2. Test that it boots - OK
> 3. Erase the files on the partitions that you made using the installer
> 4. Copy your old files from the 32 Gb USB stick to the new stick
> 5. Boot from the new stick
>
> That is not the _best_ way to move your existing OpenBSD install to a
> new USB drive, but if you want to do it that way it can be made to
> work.
>
> If that is _not_ what you are trying to do then tell me exactly what
> you are trying to do.


I'm sorry, I'm actually just doing this test:

1. Copymachine: copy from the old 16gb stick (sd2) to the new 64gb stick
(sd1) to get the stick layout.
2. disklabel -E: I then delete all the partitions.
3. disklabel -E: I recreate a bigger / partition (sd1a).
4. disklabel -E: I recreate a the swap partition (sd1b).
5. Newfs on /dev/sd1a to erase /.
5. Newfs on /dev/sd1b.
6. Then:
mount -t ffs /dev/sd2a /mnt/sys
mount -t ffs /dev/sd1a /mnt/newstick
cd /mnt/sys
pax -rw . /mnt/newstick/
7. Unmount everything
8. wiz# installboot sd1
9. Reboot with the new stick inserted.
a. "ERR M" just after the bios boot device list.


-- Daniele Bonini