On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 07:09:45PM +0100, marc wrote:
First of all, thanks for all the feedback.
(at FAQ 4.9) I still think that adding a note that rsd0 is the name of
the raw character device associated to the device sd0 and that
consequently you can find the correct parameter for dd in
I appreciate your help.
On 3/10/2011 1:03 AM, Eric Furman wrote:
On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:09 +0100, marcli...@drwx.org wrote:
First of all, thanks for all the feedback.
(at FAQ 4.9) I still think that adding a note that rsd0 is the name of
the raw character device associated to the device sd0
On 3/10/2011 2:31 AM, Nick Holland wrote:
On 03/09/11 13:09, marc wrote:
First of all, thanks for all the feedback.
(at FAQ 4.9) I still think that adding a note that rsd0 is the name
of
the raw character device associated to the device sd0 and that
consequently you can find
(only a part of my last mail went through the net)
On 3/10/2011 2:31 AM, Nick Holland wrote:
On 03/09/11 13:09, marc wrote:
First of all, thanks for all the feedback.
(at FAQ 4.9) I still think that adding a note that rsd0 is the name
of
the raw character device associated to the device sd0
(This is the complete email... Sorry. No offense intended. I had
connection problems!)
On 3/10/2011 2:31 AM, Nick Holland wrote:
On 03/09/11 13:09, marc wrote:
First of all, thanks for all the feedback.
(at FAQ 4.9) I still think that adding a note that rsd0 is the name of
the raw character
On 3/7/2011 9:03 PM, Joachim Schipper wrote:
I have no idea what you think you've been told, but:
a) do NOT post private mail publicly - it's rude;
Sorry. I didn't realize.
b) follow the FAQ, including the 'r' in /dev/rsd0a - it works.
Thanks Joachim. That's it, it works. I didn't know
On 2011-03-09, marc li...@drwx.org wrote:
I also think it would be great to add msdos and ntfs support in the
installation cdrom (no it's not there).
msdos support *is* there on most arch.
ntfs support wouldn't be worth the space, considering you
can't safely write files with it.
Ubuntu has
On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 01:01:17PM +0100, marc wrote:
On 3/7/2011 9:03 PM, Joachim Schipper wrote:
I have no idea what you think you've been told, but:
a) do NOT post private mail publicly - it's rude;
Sorry. I didn't realize.
b) follow the FAQ, including the 'r' in /dev/rsd0a - it works.
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 4:01 AM, marc li...@drwx.org wrote:
I think it would be nice to add a little note in the docs explaining what
'r' stands for and that you should add it in front of your device name to
access it while being used.
See Section 14.1 of the FAQ.
First of all, thanks for all the feedback.
(at FAQ 4.9) I still think that adding a note that rsd0 is the name of
the raw character device associated to the device sd0 and that
consequently you can find the correct parameter for dd in your system by
adding an 'r' to the device listed in
On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:01:17 +0100, marc wrote:
openbcd looks interesting but it's a shame it's not open source...
Is that an alternate bcdedit or a typo meaning OpenBSD?
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On 3/9/2011 10:39 PM, Rod Whitworth wrote:
On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:01:17 +0100, marc wrote:
openbcd looks interesting but it's a shame it's not open source...
Is that an alternate bcdedit or a typo meaning OpenBSD?
dislexia. I meant easybcd.
The FAQ (4.9, Windows 7) steps work perfectly
On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:09 +0100, marc li...@drwx.org wrote:
First of all, thanks for all the feedback.
(at FAQ 4.9) I still think that adding a note that rsd0 is the name of
the raw character device associated to the device sd0 and that
consequently you can find the correct parameter for
On 03/09/11 13:09, marc wrote:
First of all, thanks for all the feedback.
(at FAQ 4.9) I still think that adding a note that rsd0 is the name of
the raw character device associated to the device sd0 and that
consequently you can find the correct parameter for dd in your system by
adding
On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 05:22:10AM -0500, marc wrote:
Dear all,
I was reading through the docs on how to boot openbsd with the windows 7
boot loader so I learned I have to execute:
dd if=/dev/sd0a of=openbsd.pbr bs=512 count=1
but I can't do it:
* If I do it from the existing openbsd
You're making this far more complicated than it needs to be.
Run Windows 7/Vista. Download EasyBCD - http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
Run it as admin, add the OpenBSD partition to the boot menu. Done!
On 07/03/2011, marc li...@drwx.org wrote:
Dear all,
I was reading through the docs on how to
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 2:22 AM, marc li...@drwx.org wrote:
* If I do it from the existing openbsd in my drive, /dev/sd0a, I get
device busy.
It is not clear from your narrative what is the device node for your hard
drive. The FAQ boldly warns following the dd(1) command:
Note: this is a
Dear all,
I was reading through the docs on how to boot openbsd with the windows 7
boot loader so I learned I have to execute:
dd if=/dev/sd0a of=openbsd.pbr bs=512 count=1
but I can't do it:
* If I do it from the existing openbsd in my drive, /dev/sd0a, I get
device busy.
* If I boot with the
On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 05:22:10AM -0500, marc wrote:
Dear all,
I was reading through the docs on how to boot openbsd with the windows 7
boot loader so I learned I have to execute:
dd if=/dev/sd0a of=openbsd.pbr bs=512 count=1
Try using the raw device.: /dev/rsd0a
-Otto
but I
On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 05:22:10AM -0500, marc wrote:
Dear all,
I was reading through the docs on how to boot openbsd with the windows 7
boot loader so I learned I have to execute:
dd if=/dev/sd0a of=openbsd.pbr bs=512 count=1
^
The raw device won't be busy while the filesystem
2011/3/7 marc li...@drwx.org
Dear all,
I was reading through the docs on how to boot openbsd with the windows 7
boot loader so I learned I have to execute:
dd if=/dev/sd0a of=openbsd.pbr bs=512 count=1
Then you learned wrong.
The FAQ has the solution for you:
On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 05:22:10 -0500
marc li...@drwx.org wrote:
* If I boot with the cd rom neither msdos nor ntfs are available so I
can't write the .pbr file to an accessible place from windows.
* If I boot with the cd rom and write the .pbr file in the bsd filesystem,
I can't read it from
Hi Janne,
Thanks a lot for your answer. I did read this section (actually subsection
'Windows 7') so I'm afraid I'm the only one getting it wrong...
I had the impression that the command:
C:\Windows\system32 bcdedit /set {0154a872-3d41-11de-bd67-a7060316bbb1}
path \openbsd.pbr
requires that
http://www.chrysocome.net/dd
-Bryan.
On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 01:04:56PM -0500, marc wrote:
Hi Janne,
Thanks a lot for your answer. I did read this section (actually subsection
'Windows 7') so I'm afraid I'm the only one getting it wrong...
I had the impression that the command:
C:\Windows\system32 bcdedit /set
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