Re: Grub and OpenBSD?

[E. Larry Lidz]

Pavel Roskin writes:
>> What's the latest on using Grub (0.5.95) with OpenBSD (2.7)? I've tried
>> both:
>> 
>> root (hd0,2,a)
>> kernel --type=openbsd /bsd
>> 
>> and 
>> 
>> root (hd0,2,a)
>
>Also try
>root (hd0,2)
>
>> makeactive
>> chainloader +1
>
>Also try
>chainloader --force +1

Alas, this still gives me "bad magic".

>It looks like that OpenBSD also expects some new interface to the
>bootloader. The idea of a unified bootloader doesn't seem to be popular
>among *BSD folks.

Just what would it take for the OpenBSD to be more easily bootable from
Grub? What's unclear to me is whether it won't boot natively because
the OpenBSD people have a design objection to making it easier for Grub
(and, presumably, other boot loaders) to boot it, or if it's just that
the OpenBSD people don't know what needs to change.

-Larry