On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:07 +0100, "Peter Kay (Syllopsium)" <syllops...@syllopsium.com> wrote: > OpenBSD does not require a primary partition, nor does NetBSD. Solaris > does > for the moment, > although code to fix that has been committed. > > I have a Windows 7 x64, OpenBSD, Solaris, NetBSD multiboot. It's not that > difficult to arrange. > > I did most of the partitioning in Windows, setting up a primary partition > for Solaris, then logical > partitions for OpenBSD and NetBSD. > > Either the NetBSD or OpenBSD media can then be used to edit the partition > types to the > recognised ones. Install as normal, then use EasyBCD to edit the > Vista/Windows 7 boot menu > - modify as appropriate if you're using grub etc or XP..
Another Option. Assuming a i386 or amd64 PC: 1. Put another hard drive into the computer. 2. Go into the BIOS and make the new hard drive have higher priority. 3. Boot the computer and install OpenBSD onto the new hard drive (Run dmesg to be sure you're doing the right thing) 4. When you want to go back into the other OS, change the drive priority in the BIOS and reboot. Not pretty, but it works and keeps drives separate and no fooling with grub, partitions, Windows boot loader, etc. Brad
