Re: First install: Grub doesn't find partitions

2007-10-29 Thread Bertram Scharpf
Hi again, Am Montag, 29. Okt 2007, 02:38:08 +0100 schrieb Bertram Scharpf: I just installed OpenBSD on a i386 from cd41.iso as described in the FAQ, chapter 4. When I restart the system from the CD all OpenBSD partitions show up properly and I can chroot into /mnt after I mounted them.

Re: First install: Grub doesn't find partitions

2007-10-29 Thread Pau Amaro-Seoane
Hi, I don't quite understand what you're doing? Are you looking for a dual-boot with linux via grub? If so, have a look at www.aei.mpg.de/~pau/zen_process_obsd.html Read it in detail. If not, just forget this mail. Cheers, Pau 2007/10/29, Bertram Scharpf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi again, Am

Re: First install: Grub doesn't find partitions

2007-10-29 Thread Bertram Scharpf
Hi, Am Montag, 29. Okt 2007, 11:01:44 +0100 schrieb Pau Amaro-Seoane: I don't quite understand what you're doing? Are you looking for a dual-boot with linux via grub? Yes. I have a Linux box here with Grub. Admittedly the first hard disk contains a Windows that gets used sometimes by other

Re: First install: Grub doesn't find partitions

2007-10-29 Thread michael hamerski
is it a recent grub? if you're reading grub source I will assume you know more about it than I do, but am writing this on a box which boots debian/openbsd/xp without problems, from grub installed circa 6 months ago. I certainly did not dd any sectors around. I can send you my grub conf when I

Re: First install: Grub doesn't find partitions

2007-10-29 Thread Pau Amaro-Seoane
I am writing this from a dual-boot system with linux only and I never had your problem. 2007/10/29, michael hamerski [EMAIL PROTECTED]: is it a recent grub? if you're reading grub source I will assume you know more about it than I do, but am writing this on a box which boots debian/openbsd/xp

Re: First install: Grub doesn't find partitions

2007-10-29 Thread Pau Amaro-Seoane
indeed... you seem not to have read the site I pointed to previously. Don't say you have read it if you didn't. The information is there. Do what Andrew says and tag it as A6; i.e. openbsd from the linux fdisk This is *also* written in the web page 2007/10/29, Andrew Daugherity [EMAIL

Re: First install: Grub doesn't find partitions

2007-10-29 Thread Andrew Daugherity
On 10/28/07, Bertram Scharpf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: grub root (hd1,^I Possible partitions are: Partition num: 0, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 Partition num: 1, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x82 Partition num: 4, Filesystem type is ext2fs,

Re: First install: Grub doesn't find partitions

2007-10-29 Thread Bertram Scharpf
Hi, Am Montag, 29. Okt 2007, 11:54:23 -0500 schrieb Andrew Daugherity: On 10/28/07, Bertram Scharpf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: grub root (hd1,^I ... Partition num: 5, No BSD sub-partition found, partition type 0xa6 ... Here is a `sfdisk' (Linux) output:

Re: First install: Grub doesn't find partitions

2007-10-29 Thread Pau Amaro-Seoane
Thanks a lot for your patience when I became fretful. I also become very usually fretful when something that SHOULD be working is as stubborn as to refuse to do it. I know it. Oh, yes... and how... glad to read that it worked for you! Pau 2007/10/29, Bertram Scharpf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi,

Re: First install: Grub doesn't find partitions

2007-10-29 Thread Bertram Scharpf
Hi, Am Montag, 29. Okt 2007, 20:01:22 +0100 schrieb Bertram Scharpf: Am Montag, 29. Okt 2007, 11:54:23 -0500 schrieb Andrew Daugherity: I think this is your problem -- the OpenBSD partition needs to be a primary partition (hda1-hda4 in Linux terminology, or (hd0,1) - (hd0,3) in GRUB

First install: Grub doesn't find partitions

2007-10-28 Thread Bertram Scharpf
Hi, I just installed OpenBSD on a i386 from cd41.iso as described in the FAQ, chapter 4. When I restart the system from the CD all OpenBSD partitions show up properly and I can chroot into /mnt after I mounted them. However, Grub refuses to recognize any of the OpenBSD partitions. A Linux