"What if" WednesdayWhat if we could continue using the computers we have but no new computers could be built, what would that look one year, five years or even ten years later?How long would your laptop last?How long would your operating system last?How long would the internet last?#ShowerThoughts #WhatIfWednesday #FreeBSD #Linux #Computing #NetBSD #OpenBSD #OpenSource

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Well now it seems #OpenBSD has me beat when trying to wipe and setup a new USB memory stick.I have never had issues under FreeBSD or Linux before but this is either me being extremely thick or ??justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas fdisk -iy sd2Writing MBR at offset 0.justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas disklabel -E sd2Label editor (enter '?' for help at any prompt)sd2> pOpenBSD area: 64-15728640; size: 15728576; free: 15728576# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] c: 15728640 0 unusedsd2> apartition to add: [a]offset: [64]size: [15728576]FS type: [4.2BSD] ext2fssd2*> qWrite new label?: [y] yjustine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ ^Cas disklabel -E sd2justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas disklabel sd2# /dev/rsd2c:type: SCSIdisk: SCSI disklabel: Flash Diskduid: 507add78df02feccflags:bytes/sector: 512sectors/track: 63tracks/cylinder: 255sectors/cylinder: 16065cylinders: 979total sectors: 15728640boundstart: 64boundend: 1572864016 partitions:# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] a: 15728576 64 ext2fs c: 15728640 0 unusedjustine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas newfs_ext2fs /dev/rsd2a/dev/rsd2a: 7679.9MB (15728576 sectors) block size 4096, fragment size 4096 using 60 block groups of 128.0MB, 32768 blks, 16384 inodes.^Cjustine@openbsd-desktop ~ $justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas newfs_ext2fs /dev/sd2anewfs_ext2fs: /dev/sd2a: block devicejustine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas newfs_ext2fs sd2a/dev/rsd2a: 7679.9MB (15728576 sectors) block size 4096, fragment size 4096 using 60 block groups of 128.0MB, 32768 blks, 16384 inodes.^Cjustine@openbsd-desktop ~ $justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas newfs_ext2fs -I sd2a/dev/rsd2a: 7679.9MB (15728576 sectors) block size 4096, fragment size 4096 using 60 block groups of 128.0MB, 32768 blks, 16384 inodes.I used dd to wipe the USB then checked it was wiped. Then did the above and it all seems ok as per folk on the web and OpenBSD docs but newfs_extfs just sits there doing nothing.Anyone help or have a simple idiot sheet of what to do from wiping the USB memory stick to setting up an ext2 partition and formatting it. Mounting it will be the easy part.

It was great to see everybody again at #EuroBSDCon2025.Sorry if we missed you, but there is always #EuroBSDCon2026! :)16 new VMs were added and 64 VMs were renewed.We donated €1120 to the #OpenBSD Foundation, €57335 since we started.Thank you, our users, and OpenBSD developers for an awesome OS!Stay safe, healthy & sane!#RUNBSD in 2025