On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 05:22:10AM -0500, marc wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> I was reading through the docs on how to boot openbsd with the windows 7
> boot loader so I learned I have to execute:
> dd if=/dev/sd0a of=openbsd.pbr bs=512 count=1

Try using the raw device.: /dev/rsd0a

        -Otto

> 
> but I can't do it:
> 
> * If I do it from the existing openbsd in my drive, /dev/sd0a, I get
> device busy.
> * If I boot with the cd rom neither msdos nor ntfs are available so I
> can't write the .pbr file to an accessible place from windows.
> * If I boot with the cd rom and write the .pbr file in the bsd filesystem,
> I can't read it from windows 7 (I couldn't find a program to mount bsd
> filesystems which works with windows 7).
> 
> Does anybody have a solution to any of these problems or a 4th way?
> 
> Thanks
> marc

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