OpenBSD works just fine in an extended partition, even if the documentation
says it requires a primary partition - at least on amd64.
However, I seem to remember convention is that extended partitions should be
at the end of the disk. In theory this probably shouldn't matter, provided
the OS/boot manager is properly written..
I'm using a system that's multibooting Windows 7, Solaris, OpenBSD and
NetBSD. All happily co-exist.
PK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Holland" <n...@holland-consulting.net>
To: "T. Tofus von Blisstein" <tuffst...@googlemail.com>
Cc: <misc@openbsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: installboot: broken MBR
Nick Holland wrote:
T. Tofus von Blisstein wrote:
Hello,
I have linux and openbsd installed on a single drive. Linuxy fdisk shows
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 24017 192916521 5 Extended
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 * 24018 30401 51279480 a6 OpenBSD
OpenBSD is in an extended partition...don't know that this works in all
(or any) cases, and the fact that it doesn't work in yours doesn't
surprise me.
ok, I have NO idea what I was seeing here, that's not an extended
partition
at all. I would have swore that said "sda5"... *sigh*
Nick.
