Constantine A. Murenin wrote: > Hello, > > I have an external USB 2.0 storage device with OpenBSD i386 > installation and some free space. Is it possible to install > OpenBSD/macppc on that spare space without breaking my i386 > installation?
ew, ick. > How will it all work? Would it be possible to share /etc, Since /etc is on the root partition, NO. Since /etc holds configuration and your macppc and i386 machines will have different configurations, NO. > /var and > /home partitions between i386 and macppc? Could the HDD be bootable on > both i386 and macppc? My inital response is "no", you couldn't share a disk like this. My secondary response is "maybe", I've got some ideas how it *might* be done, but I can think of ONLY one reason to do this: learning the boot process on both platforms very intimately. And that is a lesson best taught to one's self. If you are trying to save money, go get a job slinging burgers, take your income and buy a new disk. You will invest less time doing that than you will fighting this battle. It is just not worth it. BTW: If you try this, count on that "some free space" turning into "all free space" a few times, usually accidently, though probably at least once deliberately. Nick.
