Multibooting (was : OpenBSD culture)
OpenBSD does not require a primary partition, nor does NetBSD. Solaris does for the moment, although code to fix that has been committed. I have a Windows 7 x64, OpenBSD, Solaris, NetBSD multiboot. It's not that difficult to arrange. I did most of the partitioning in Windows, setting up a primary partition for Solaris, then logical partitions for OpenBSD and NetBSD. Either the NetBSD or OpenBSD media can then be used to edit the partition types to the recognised ones. Install as normal, then use EasyBCD to edit the Vista/Windows 7 boot menu - modify as appropriate if you're using grub etc or XP..
Re: Multibooting (was : OpenBSD culture)
On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:07 +0100, Peter Kay (Syllopsium) syllops...@syllopsium.com wrote: OpenBSD does not require a primary partition, nor does NetBSD. Solaris does for the moment, although code to fix that has been committed. I have a Windows 7 x64, OpenBSD, Solaris, NetBSD multiboot. It's not that difficult to arrange. I did most of the partitioning in Windows, setting up a primary partition for Solaris, then logical partitions for OpenBSD and NetBSD. Either the NetBSD or OpenBSD media can then be used to edit the partition types to the recognised ones. Install as normal, then use EasyBCD to edit the Vista/Windows 7 boot menu - modify as appropriate if you're using grub etc or XP.. Another Option. Assuming a i386 or amd64 PC: 1. Put another hard drive into the computer. 2. Go into the BIOS and make the new hard drive have higher priority. 3. Boot the computer and install OpenBSD onto the new hard drive (Run dmesg to be sure you're doing the right thing) 4. When you want to go back into the other OS, change the drive priority in the BIOS and reboot. Not pretty, but it works and keeps drives separate and no fooling with grub, partitions, Windows boot loader, etc. Brad
Re: Multibooting (was : OpenBSD culture)
From: Brad Tilley b...@16systems.com as appropriate if you're using grub etc or XP.. Another Option. Assuming a i386 or amd64 PC: 1. Put another hard drive into the computer. 2. Go into the BIOS and make the new hard drive have higher priority. 3. Boot the computer and install OpenBSD onto the new hard drive (Run dmesg to be sure you're doing the right thing) 4. When you want to go back into the other OS, change the drive priority in the BIOS and reboot. Not pretty, but it works and keeps drives separate and no fooling with grub, partitions, Windows boot loader, etc. If you're going to take /that/ approach, I would suggest a trayless SATA caddy from someone like Icy Dock (be careful - some of their products are garbage, but I can attest that the trayless, fanless SATA caddy is not). You can easily swap the drives in and out without faffing with BIOSes. I use precisely that method for swapping in test systems.
Re: Multibooting (was : OpenBSD culture)
On 04/19/10 07:13, Brad Tilley wrote: On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:07 +0100, Peter Kay (Syllopsium) syllops...@syllopsium.com wrote: OpenBSD does not require a primary partition, nor does NetBSD. Solaris does for the moment, although code to fix that has been committed. I have a Windows 7 x64, OpenBSD, Solaris, NetBSD multiboot. It's not that difficult to arrange. I did most of the partitioning in Windows, setting up a primary partition for Solaris, then logical partitions for OpenBSD and NetBSD. Either the NetBSD or OpenBSD media can then be used to edit the partition types to the recognised ones. Install as normal, then use EasyBCD to edit the Vista/Windows 7 boot menu - modify as appropriate if you're using grub etc or XP.. Another Option. Assuming a i386 or amd64 PC: 1. Put another hard drive into the computer. 2. Go into the BIOS and make the new hard drive have higher priority. 3. Boot the computer and install OpenBSD onto the new hard drive (Run dmesg to be sure you're doing the right thing) 4. When you want to go back into the other OS, change the drive priority in the BIOS and reboot. Not pretty, but it works and keeps drives separate and no fooling with grub, partitions, Windows boot loader, etc. Brad I do this or slip in a GAG CD and don't save to hard drive for computers that I rarely use Windows on. For computers that need to regularly use two or more, GAG is reasonably convenient when installed onto hard drive. I haven't tried it on Vista or Win 7. DOn't really plan on ever having those unless they come pre-installed on a new or used computer.
