Why I hadn't thought of going back to that I don't know.. It actually
works better for me since I don't then normally have to wait for the
windows bootloader screen...   as at least in my case 90% of the time
the laptop runs OpenBSD..

Of course now after testing it I have to wait for windows to finish
installing update because I haven't booted it in too long..

On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Kenneth Westerback
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mar 7, 2014 1:10 PM, "Wade, Daniel" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I've been dual booting for years and never once use dd to copy the
> openbsd.pbr
>> If I'm in windows world and want to boot into OpenBSD I run diskpart and
> flip the active partition.
>> Same in the other direction, fdisk -e and flip the active back to windows.
>
>> I am my own boot manager.
>
> Dude, we need a Daniel mode in mg just to keep that line alive! :-)
>
> .... Ken
>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Bob Beck
>> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 12:15 PM
>> To: Theo de Raadt
>> Cc: Mark Kettenis; Stuart Henderson; Jean-Philippe Luiggi; OpenBSD
> technical list
>> Subject: Re: 5.5 and dual-boot
>>
>> It will affect everyone who needs windows on a laptop for work - or
>> filling out pdf forms for foundations, things like that.
>>
>> It is a good way to ensure snaps get tested less on real hardware.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Theo de Raadt <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> >> actually more painful than having to boot windows is to always have
>> >> something handy to boot the snap from in order to dd the bootblock off
>> >> in case you forget to do it before rebooting, or you're fucked.
>> >
>> > The new installboot was enabled around a month ago.  The issue is only
>> > being talked about now.
>> >
>> > Apparently... this dual-boot issue is only seen now, indicating that
>> > these people don't upgrade very often, or participate in the test
>> > cycles leading up to release.
>> >
>> > Hey, I get it.  Just let's not over-estimate how many people this will
>> > affect.
>>
>>

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