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

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