Re: OpenBSD i386 and macppc on one HDD
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.
Re: OpenBSD i386 and macppc on one HDD
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 07:00:55AM -0400, Nick Holland wrote: 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. Even more, as macppc is big-endian and i386 is little endian you will have trouble with FFS ...
OpenBSD i386 and macppc on one HDD
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? How will it all work? Would it be possible to share /etc, /var and /home partitions between i386 and macppc? Could the HDD be bootable on both i386 and macppc? Cheers, Constantine.
