On Sat, 02 Dec 2023 11:53:25 +0900 (JST) YASUOKA Masahiko <yasu...@openbsd.org> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 11:21:22 -0800 > Johnathan Cobden-Nolan <jcobdenno...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have installed OpenBSD on hd0l: in my case it is for multi-booting, >> but I imagine there are other use cases where boot and/or root are >> installed on partitions other than 'a'. >> >> This is a UEFI system so I've installed the efi bootloader which I am >> able to execute. The bootloader first complains that there is no >> hd0a:/etc/boot.conf. This is expected, since my install is at hd0l.
Ah, I missed you don't want to create 'a' partition. I'm sorry. In that case, you need to modify the bootloader as you are already discussing. >> Since there is no boot.conf being read, it doesn't know where to try >> booting: I am only able to boot the OS by typing "boot hd0l:/bsd". > > If you just want to avoid the typing, you can put > > set device hd0l > > on /etc/boot.conf in 'a' parition. > >> This is not the end of the world, but it feels like it should be possible >> to have a boot.conf somewhere other than the 'a' partition. Is it? Is >> it possible to have a conf file in the EFI partition alongside the >> bootloader itself? >> >> Thanks, >> Johnathan >>
