On 03/10/05, Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/3/05, Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 03/10/05, Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I recently attempted to dualboot my laptop with Windows XP. I was > > > following the FAQ and came to the point where I issued this command: > > > > > > > First you say: > > > "dd if=/dev/rsd0a of=openbsd.pbr bs=512 count=1" > This is what is found on the WWW FAQ. Using this, I get the > > "/dev/rsd0a is not configured" and I am unable to get a .pbr file to > dualboot my laptop. > > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#Multibooting > > > > later you quote the docs: > > > # dd if=/dev/rwd0a of=/mnt/openbsd.pbr bs=512 count=1 > > This command works for me, it's on the following website: > > http://darkuncle.net/OpenBSD/OpenBSD_dualboot.txt > > > > > I see "rwd0a" in the document, not "rsd0a".
Ah, now I see what you're typing. Yes, that part of the FAQ is only really valid if you boot from a SCSI drive. Some people do, some people don't. You obviously do not, so you naturally need to specify your IDE drive instead. Andreas -- Andreas Kahari
