Thanks for sharing. Best regards, Zhi-Qiang Lei
> On Mar 30, 2015, at 2:25 AM, Tuyosi Takesima <nakajin.fu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all. > > this is my little expirience , it may be useful using openbsd & linux in > tha same hard disk . > > I made the openbsd area by LINUX's fdisk. > namely > fdisk -l /dev/sdb (500GB USB hard disk) > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > sdb1 22528 3891199 3868672 1.9G 82 Linux swap / Solaris > sdb2 2048 22527 20480 10M c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > sdb3 3891200 842751999 838860800 400G 5 Extended > sdb4 842752000 976773167 134021168 63.9G a6 OpenBSD <-------- > sdb5 3893248 213608447 209715200 100G 83 Linux > sdb6 * 213610496 528183295 314572800 150G 83 Linux > sdb7 528185344 842751999 314566656 150G 7 HPFS / NTFS / exFAT > > > i want to install openbsd OS into sdb4 . > But to install OpenBSD directly is risky . > if i fail , i lose all (including linux) . > > So I changed the strategy. > install first on 2G USB. > then clone copy to 500G USB sdb4 . > > > After connecting the 2G USB and 500G USB , I boot by openbsd CD . > press ctrl + c, I look at the way of 2G and 500G by 'dmesg' . > 500G is recognized as sd1. > 2G as sd2. > > i install openbsd OS into ---OpenBSD area---. > When sd1 is formatted , i put ctrl + c. > > my way is always a (/) and b (swap) only . > so > > # mkdir / mnt0 > # mkdir / mnt1 > > # Mount /dev/sd2a / mnt0 > # Mount /dev/sd1a / mnt1 > > # (cd / mnt0;. tar cvpf -) | (cd / mnt1; tar xpf -) > > clone copy itself is completed. > But the boot loader is not . > > > Therefore I will install boot loader . > afte unplug the 2G, put 500G only ,then i boot by openbsd CD. > Now select the ---upgrade---, > When i came to the stage 'bsd.rd etc', i select ---abort---. > > all is done . > by using previos menu.lst , i boot openbsd in 500G by grub4dos . > After i launched openbsd , I comment out the xdm in /etc/rc.conf.local. > > sorry for my poor english > --- > tuyosi takesima , Japan