From: izzy Meyer Subject: Add 1-line explainer to install.sub urging users to go with the defaults To: tech@openbsd.org Cc: Stuart Henderson , Florian Obser Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:33:02 -0500 Hello tech@ This is my first diff to the base system, so hopefully I did this right. Feel free to point me in the correct direction to do this right if I'm off base here. After a personal experience with a friend tying OpenBSD for the first time and some discussion on misc@, I landed on doing what Stuart Henderson Suggested here [1]. Attached is a diff that adds an echo command to install.sub urging new users to use the default options in the installer if unsure. Thoughts? I couldn't figure out how to build a ramdisk kernel to test, so pointers to the correct documentation would be helpful here. [1] https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=177704953812330&w=2 Thanks, -- iz (she/her) > i like to say mundane things, > there are too many uninteresting things > that go unnoticed. izder456 (dot) neocities (dot) org diff --git a/distrib/miniroot/install.sub b/distrib/miniroot/install.sub index 983881cfb..975726fad 100644 --- a/distrib/miniroot/install.sub +++ b/distrib/miniroot/install.sub @@ -3173,6 +3173,9 @@ encrypt_root() { do_install() { local _rootkey _rootpass + # Tell user to do the right thing + echo "If you are unsure how to answer a prompt just take the default answer." + # Ask for and set the system hostname and add the hostname specific # siteXX set. while :; do