Here's a patch to FAQ 14 and to FAQ 4. It encorporates both Otto's recommended clarity improvement and Jason's recommended reference in 4.6.3.
Index: www/faq/faq14.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/www/faq/faq14.html,v retrieving revision 1.245 diff -u -p -p -u -r1.245 faq14.html --- www/faq/faq14.html 1 Nov 2014 13:42:51 -0000 1.245 +++ www/faq/faq14.html 5 Nov 2014 22:16:44 -0000 @@ -148,6 +148,30 @@ More commonly, the 'c' partition is used install boot loaders, partition tables, etc.) </ul> +<p> +For those platforms that use fdisk -- among them amd64 and i386 -- this +diagram shows a typical sector layout for drive <i>sd0</i>. The disklabel +partition 'c' is used for the whole drive, but only a part of the drive +may be used for the OpenBSD area. + +<blockquote> +<pre> + biosboot + : + MBR : disklabel + : : : + 0 : 1 64 : 65 : 66 + |=====|==========|=====|=====|===...===|====...===|==================> + | | + | +-- sd0a -------------+----------+---------> + | | (unused) (superblock) ... + | | + | +-- OpenBSD area -----------------------------------> + | + +-- sd0c ------------------------------------------------------------> +</pre> +</blockquote> + <h3>Partition identification</h3> An OpenBSD filesystem is identified by the disk it is on, plus the file system partition on that disk. Index: www/faq/faq4.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/www/faq/faq4.html,v retrieving revision 1.342 diff -u -p -p -u -r1.342 faq4.html --- www/faq/faq4.html 4 Nov 2014 02:03:54 -0000 1.342 +++ www/faq/faq4.html 5 Nov 2014 22:16:44 -0000 @@ -1447,6 +1447,10 @@ worry about multibooting or setup/diagno For this reason, this section is focused on i386 and amd64. <p> +The diagram in <a href="faq14.html#intro">FAQ 14.1 - Disks and +Partitions</a> may be helpful. + +<p> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdisk&sektion=8";>fdisk(8)</a> is used to mark off the OpenBSD part of your hard disk. It helps mark off the part of the disk used by OpenBSD from the parts used
