On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 06:01:30AM +0100, za...@gmx.com wrote: > > I was thinking of dual booting OpenBSd and Windows 8.1. Has anyone > managed to do that? > I suppose I would have to install Windows first, and then OpenBSD. > Does the OpenBSD installation include a boot manager such as GRUB? > I have experience setting up dual booting with GRUB, when installing > Linux. Is it ok if I follow the same procedure with OpenBSD? If not, how > would you advise me to go about it? >
Get something called EasyBCD for windows. Use that to install their "neogrub boot loader", in the configuration of that do something like: root (hd0,1) chainloader +1 the hd for root may be different depending on your machine configuration. This will set up a boot selection for you using the windows boot loader - you will get a chance to select what OS you want to boot, if you select the non-windows option then the machine will reboot into the OS you selected. Microsoft are sneaky and pre-load the windows while the timeout is counting down so it looks like windows boots instantly if you select that. Neogrub is just a port of grub for dos/windows, you can put standard grub commands in there including setting up a grub boot menu if you have more than one OS to boot. -- Brett Lymn "Warning: The information contained in this email and any attached files is confidential to BAE Systems Australia. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this email or any attachments is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately. VIRUS: Every care has been taken to ensure this email and its attachments are virus free, however, any loss or damage incurred in using this email is not the sender's responsibility. It is your responsibility to ensure virus checks are completed before installing any data sent in this email to your computer."
