Re: Can I install NetBSD on the same usb installation disk?

[Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>]

Rereading the question - you can do the same partition expansion if
you are using the installation image, not the live image. If you want
to reuse the remaining space for another reason, then I guess you
could use fdisk to create partitions past the first NetBSD one and
format these, but I've never tried it.

On 24 November 2017 at 12:52, Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> Of course not.
>
> Boot the stick single user, use fdisk to adjust the first partition to the
> end, use disklabel to extend the label to the en of the disk (A), then
> readjust the existing partitions (I move the b-partition to the end,
> adjusting a from the almost start to some space before the end for swap,
> then after writing the label use 'fsck -fy /dev/rsd0a' or wherever it is,
> then 'resize_ffs -y /dev/rsd0a', then again ; fsck -fy /dev/rsd0a'.
>
> This is my usual installation method on USB stick - I always build live
> images, dump them onto a USB stick, SD card or even SATA disk, then whilst
> on the NetBSD host I perform manually the above procedure, even configure
> the networking etc.
>
> Chavdar Ivanov
>
> On Fri, 24 Nov 2017 at 08:18 Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-degen%yahoo.com@localhost>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a 16GB usb stick on which I will install the usb installation
>> image. This way I would waste 15GB of free space. Can I reclaim the
>> free space at all? If so, can I install NetBSD on the free space?
>>
>> I believe one could partition the drive during instalation but I have
>> no clue how.
>>
>> Any help appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Ottavio Caruso
>>
>



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