can't see partitions in installation

[dchmelik]

I tried to install OpenBSD 6.9. When I get to the part I edit the partitions, they just mostly scroll off my screen (4K but too large text). Is there a way to scroll up or determine the block devices? I have an NVMe SSD with nine partitions.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Does <Shift>+<PgUp>/<PgDn> work?

Alternatively perhaps try booting in UEFI mode to see if the framebuffer will allow for a smaller text size.

[dchmelik]

Originally Posted by Head_on_a_Stick

Does <Shift>+<PgUp>/<PgDn> work?

No, but I don't think that's what you do on Unix. I think it's <SCROLL LOCK><PageUp|PageDown>.

Alternatively perhaps try booting in UEFI mode to see if the framebuffer will allow for a smaller text size.

I'd rather avoid UEFI. Other Unix-like OS run framebuffer fine in plain BIOS mode.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Originally Posted by dchmelik

No, but I don't think that's what you do on Unix. I think it's <SCROLL LOCK><PageUp|PageDown>.

For OpenBSD the keys are as I indicated: https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq7.html

However the documentation does say that the scrollback buffer is only available for certain hardware platforms so yours may be lacking that feature.

EDIT: the install kernel doesn't have a scrollback buffer.