On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 07:00:55AM -0400, Nick Holland wrote: > Constantine A. Murenin wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have an external USB 2.0 storage device with OpenBSD i386 > > installation and some free space. Is it possible to install > > OpenBSD/macppc on that spare space without breaking my i386 > > installation? > > ew, ick. > > > How will it all work? Would it be possible to share /etc, > > Since /etc is on the root partition, NO. > Since /etc holds configuration and your macppc and i386 machines will > have different configurations, NO. > > > /var and > > /home partitions between i386 and macppc? Could the HDD be bootable on > > both i386 and macppc? > > My inital response is "no", you couldn't share a disk like this. > My secondary response is "maybe", I've got some ideas how it *might* be > done, but I can think of ONLY one reason to do this: learning the boot > process on both platforms very intimately. And that is a lesson best > taught to one's self. > > If you are trying to save money, go get a job slinging burgers, take > your income and buy a new disk. You will invest less time doing that > than you will fighting this battle. It is just not worth it. > > BTW: If you try this, count on that "some free space" turning into "all > free space" a few times, usually accidently, though probably at least > once deliberately.
Even more, as macppc is big-endian and i386 is little endian you will have trouble with FFS ...
