On 3/13/06, Chris Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Misc, > > I want to leave the pre-loaded Windows XP on the X40, so I: > > a) didn't let it convert to NTFS > b) deleted the "IBM/Lenovo utility partition" > c) resized part 0 (C) > d) using OpenBSD install fdisk, created an OpenBSD partition (above > cylinder 1024). > > Now, after creating slice a, the OpenBSD disklabel does not do the math > for me. It give me the same beginning offset as for wd0a. So I then: did > the math (added all the offsets & created the partitions), but now it > won't boot (it just goes ahead and boots XP). > > Now I have some questions: > > 1. Why is disklabel acting retarded? (or what am I doing that's retarded)? > 2. why no booting? > 3. Is this a 1024 cylinder problem? I thought this was a fixed issue a > few releases back. >
Well, like was said, you lack fdisk and disklabel output. However, did you remember to mark the partition active? Also, you might have just messed up in disklabelling but I can't see how (unless you somehow put wd0a onto a part of the disk that gets overwritten for some reason on reboot....) -Nick
