Peter Kay - Syllopsium, 05/15/09 12:57:
From: "MANI" <mm.m...@gmail.com>
Subject: Multiboot OpenBSD with Vista
First of all you need to know I am running OpenBSD on my laptop and PC
at home happily as sole OS, but unfortunately I need to dual boot my
PC at Office because of some proprietary softwares we need at company,
the other OS is Microsucks Windows Vista
The easiest solution by far is to install Vista first but leave space
on the hard disk. Run the OpenBSD install and adjust the partition
values so that OpenBSD is using the space instead of 'all the disk'.
Once installed, use bcdedit to add an entry for OpenBSD pointing at
the partition.
It 'just works'. Personally I don't even dislike Vista that much,
provided it's given plenty (32 bit : 2GB, 64 bit : 4GB) of RAM. I
favour 64bit, even if the driver support is less comprehensive and the
memory requirements are higher.
PK
Hi,
You can boot OpenBSD using installer cd or boot cd, or usb flash ram by
using:
boot hd0a:bsd
I think much easier. No MBR work, no additional work. V*sta will be
happy too.
Regards,
