--- thacrazze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I put the openbsd.pbr to C: and made an entry in the > C:/boot.ini > > After a reboot I can select the OpenBSD boot entry, > but it doesn't starts > I get only a black screen with some cryptical > characters/symbols > > Then I testet in Windows "BootPart", which was > recommended in the FAQ > and that says: > > Physical numer of disk 0 : 33fa33f9 > 0 : C:* type=7 <HPFS/NTFS>, size=10241406 KB, Lba > Pos=63 > 1: C: type=a6 , size= 21213832 KB, Lba > Pos=20482875 > > Can someone help me how to start OpenBSD correctly?
OpenBSD partition must be active (flag) and try using GAG software. http://gag.sourceforge.net I'm using OpenBSD 4.4 Beta and XP together. Regards. > > --thacrazze > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:30 AM, thacrazze > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks! That works! > > > > --thacrazze > > > > On 7/30/08, Alicornio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 2008/7/29, Ted Unangst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> On 7/29/08, thacrazze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> > I want a dualboot with windows xp, and for > this I used the FAQ > >>> > > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#Multibooting, > but when I run the > >>> > command "installboot" i get only "ksh: > installboot: not found" and > >>> > when I execute "dd if=/dev/rsd0a > of=openbsd.pbr bs=512 count=1" I get > >>> > only "dd: /dev/rsd0a: Device not configured" > >>> > > >>> > can someone help me? > >>> > >>> > >>> don't copy commands from a web page and run them > without thinking. > >>> first off, installboot probably already ran, > but "installboot" is > >>> definitely not the right way to run it. > second, you need to figure > >>> out what kind of disk you installed on. if you > included dmesg, > >>> somebody could tell you, but it's going to be > wd. > >>> > >> > >> "Note: this is a really good time to remind you > that blindly typing > >> commands in you don't understand is a really bad > idea. This line will > >> not work directly on most computers. It is left > to the reader to adapt > >> it to their machine." > >> > >> from: > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#Multibooting > >> > >> try: dd if=/dev/rwd0a of=openbsd.pbr bs=512 > count=1 > > --- Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! - 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) ----------------------------------- Francisco Valladolid Hdez. http://blog.bsdguy.net - http://flickr.com/photos/sigueme/
