Re: NetBSD install experiences

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> writes:

> That means in a very minimal setup where you boot from an UEFI install
> image on USB and you have a target SATA disk that already has some GPT
> partitions you would get devices like:
>
>  sd0	the USB stick you booted from
>  wd0	the SATA disk
>  dk0	some GPT partition on wd0
>  dk1	another GPT partition on wd0
>  dk2	the EFI boot partition on the USB boot medium
>  dk3	the boot/root partition on the USB boot medium (not offered
> 	by the installer)
>
> in mostly random order.

I realize this is a major change, but I wonder about the installer
having an option to zeroize the disk, so that if someone is trying to
do an install getting rid of everything, they can, and then not have
these issues.

I tend to do this manually, and did so in the process of wiping an old
macos 10.11 install and trying to install 9.0_RELEASE, on a 2010ish
MacBook Pro.