Re: dmesg and fdisk do not match about usb external disk

2007-02-15 Thread jepael
So is this also the reason why I cannot boot OpenBSD from a USB memory stick? Because BIOS and OpenBSD use different geometries? Can I somehow force OpenBSD to use the BIOS geometry on the USB disk? How? - Jani On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 12:07:57PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: hmm, on Tue, Feb

How to install on *removable* USB drive

2007-01-09 Thread jepael
Hello, I am having trouble installing OpenBSD 4.0 on a USB thumb drive, which represents itself as a removable drive. The problem is, that the BIOS of my motherboard shows removable USB drives as floppy drives (bios drive 0x00) at bootstrap, and when installing OpenBSD, the kernel shows the