I second this approach... 1 sep further you could go is with a laptopwith a 2.5 inch sata slot and an m sata slot Install each os on separate internal drives
That way you can use the bios / boot menu to select the diskand hence the os u wish to boot... Hope this helps On Mon 8 Oct 2018, 15:17 Henrik Engmark, <[email protected]> wrote: > This will be yet another non-answer to your question, I am fully aware, > but maybe it will be applicable to your situation. > > I always found dual booting with OpenBSD a little bit cumbersome > compared to other OSes. > Whenever I want to "dual boot" my OpenBSD client computers I > install the second OS to its own usb drive with its own mbr, leaving > the internal drive untouched. > When I want to boot the secondary OS I just interrupt the normal > boot process with whatever F-key and choose to boot from the stick. > Has served me well for many years, and makes it very easy to try out > different secondary OSes, as long as I consider OpenBSD my main. > > Regards, > Henrik > > -----Original message----- > > From: Dr. Martin Ivanov [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: den 7 oktober 2018 16:23 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Dual boot OpenBSD with DragonFly BSD > > > > Hello, I am a Linux (Slackware) fan who is keen to try the BSD flavour > as well. I am planning to buy a new laptop, on which to install OpenBSD and > DragonFly BSD in a dual boot set up. I know this is a challenging task, so > I will proceed step by step. > > > > > > My first question is, which operating system has to be installed first, > DragonFly of OpenBSD? Assuming that it is DragonFly, I am planning to: > > > > > > 1. Load DragonFly using a USB boot disk and login as root > > > > 2. Slice the hard drive in two GPT slices using gpt (e.g., das0 and > > das1) > > > > 3. Create a, b, and d disklabel partitions on the Dragonfly slice > > (das0) > > > > 4. Install DragonFly on das0 > > > > 5. Create a, b, d, e, and probably some more disklabel partitions on > > the OpenBSD slice (das1) > > > > 6. Install OpenBSD on das1 > > > > Please correct me on any of the above steps. I will be happy to read > your suggestions. I would be very thankful if you provide the corresponding > commands in your answers. > > Thank you very much in advance! > >
