Re: Messed up OpenBSD boot after dualbooting via grub - cannot boot without OpenBSD boot CD.

2011-03-26 Thread Super Biscuit
BSD boot after dualbooting via grub - cannot boot without OpenBSD boot CD. To: "Amarendra Godbole" Cc: "misc" Date: Saturday, March 26, 2011, 8:12 PM On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 11:28:32PM +0530, Amarendra Godbole wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Kenneth R Westerback >

Re: [FIXED] Re: Messed up OpenBSD boot after dualbooting via grub - cannot boot without OpenBSD boot CD.

2011-03-26 Thread Super Biscuit
dualbooting via grub - cannot boot without OpenBSD boot CD. To: "Kenneth R Westerback" Cc: "misc" Date: Saturday, March 26, 2011, 7:02 PM On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Kenneth R Westerback wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 11:59:17PM +0530, Amarendra Godbole wrote: >&

Re: Messed up OpenBSD boot after dualbooting via grub - cannot boot without OpenBSD boot CD.

2011-03-26 Thread Kenneth R Westerback
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 11:28:32PM +0530, Amarendra Godbole wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Kenneth R Westerback > wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 05:26:06PM +0530, Amarendra Godbole wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have run into a deadend trying to understand, and troubleshoot this > >> p

Re: [FIXED] Re: Messed up OpenBSD boot after dualbooting via grub - cannot boot without OpenBSD boot CD.

2011-03-26 Thread Amarendra Godbole
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Kenneth R Westerback wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 11:59:17PM +0530, Amarendra Godbole wrote: >> Okay, seems like I sent a hasty reply earlier. >> >> Got this fixed, by booting off a 4.8 CD, and "upgrading" - fsck all >> filesystems, say no to bsd, bsd.mp and b

[FIXED] Re: Messed up OpenBSD boot after dualbooting via grub - cannot boot without OpenBSD boot CD.

2011-03-26 Thread Amarendra Godbole
Okay, seems like I sent a hasty reply earlier. Got this fixed, by booting off a 4.8 CD, and "upgrading" - fsck all filesystems, say no to bsd, bsd.mp and base, it created device nodes, and congratulated me for completion of the upgrade. Rebooted, and the system came up nicely. Noticed two things:

Re: Messed up OpenBSD boot after dualbooting via grub - cannot boot without OpenBSD boot CD.

2011-03-26 Thread Amarendra Godbole
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Kenneth R Westerback wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 05:26:06PM +0530, Amarendra Godbole wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have run into a deadend trying to understand, and troubleshoot this >> problem. Hence, I would like some pointers. Following is what I did to >> get my O

Re: [FIXED] Re: Messed up OpenBSD boot after dualbooting via grub - cannot boot without OpenBSD boot CD.

2011-03-26 Thread Kenneth R Westerback
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 11:59:17PM +0530, Amarendra Godbole wrote: > Okay, seems like I sent a hasty reply earlier. > > Got this fixed, by booting off a 4.8 CD, and "upgrading" - fsck all > filesystems, say no to bsd, bsd.mp and base, it created device nodes, > and congratulated me for completion

Re: Messed up OpenBSD boot after dualbooting via grub - cannot boot without OpenBSD boot CD.

2011-03-26 Thread Super Biscuit
Sometimes you need to add makeactive to the entry. --- On Sat, 3/26/11, Amarendra Godbole wrote: From: Amarendra Godbole Subject: Messed up OpenBSD boot after dualbooting via grub - cannot boot without OpenBSD boot CD. To: "misc" Date: Saturday, March 26, 2011, 11:56 AM Hi, I hav

Re: Messed up OpenBSD boot after dualbooting via grub - cannot boot without OpenBSD boot CD.

2011-03-26 Thread Kenneth R Westerback
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 05:26:06PM +0530, Amarendra Godbole wrote: > Hi, > > I have run into a deadend trying to understand, and troubleshoot this > problem. Hence, I would like some pointers. Following is what I did to > get my OpenBSD system running, and then subsequently messing it up (in > seq

Messed up OpenBSD boot after dualbooting via grub - cannot boot without OpenBSD boot CD.

2011-03-26 Thread Amarendra Godbole
Hi, I have run into a deadend trying to understand, and troubleshoot this problem. Hence, I would like some pointers. Following is what I did to get my OpenBSD system running, and then subsequently messing it up (in sequence): (1) Installed OpenBSD/i386 on my Thinkpad X201, and built -current. Di