Dmitrij D. Czarkoff said: > > Did you actually read that ? notice how it stops with Windows Vista/7 ? > > I was planning to send a diff - I dualboot OpenBSD and Windows 8.1, and > all the steps to set it up are the same. The only thing to keep in mind > about Windows 8+ is that it initializes graphics if Windows is chosed as > default OS, which takes quite a lot of time.
Here is the patch for FAQ. My English isn't particularly good, so please fix as needed. I'm not particularly sure 8.1 is worth mention, as Windows 8.1 relates to Windows 8 the same way Windows 7 Service Pack 1 relates to Windows 7. I included it just because of this question here. Index: faq/faq4.html =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvs/www/faq/faq4.html,v retrieving revision 1.331 diff -u -p -r1.331 faq4.html --- faq4.html 7 Nov 2013 00:08:45 -0000 1.331 +++ faq4.html 15 Nov 2013 05:00:40 -0000 @@ -2555,7 +2555,7 @@ For those who find manual configuration <a href="http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1";>EasyBCD</a> provides a GUI alternative. -<h3>Windows 7</h3> +<h3>Windows 7, 8, 8.1</h3> <p> Microsoft has enhanced BCD since releasing Vista to allow multiple @@ -2597,6 +2597,14 @@ The operation completed successfully. C:\Windows\system32> </pre></blockquote> + +<p> +Note: starting with Windows 8 Microsoft changed the boot process so that if +Windows is selected as default boot option, bootloader loads graphical +touch-capable boot menu, which takes much more time to start. Conversely, if +OpenBSD is selected as default boot option, the classic console +keyboard-driven menu is presented to the user. Default option may be set in +graphical boot menu itself. <h3>Other boot loaders</h3> -- Dmitrij D. Czarkoff
