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. >> >>
