On 21/09/2026 03:54, Duke Normandin wrote:
On Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:25:47 -0600
Duke Normandin <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Sep 2026 22:45:22 +0000
[email protected] wrote:
On Sun, 20 Sep 2026, Duke Normandin wrote:
On Sun, 20 Sep 2026 04:30:55 +0000
drango <[email protected]> wrote:
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You can run with bsd.rd, it won't break anything.
When it says (I) Install (U) Upgrade... (that initial line)
There is an (S) option for shell.
Do that, and you can grab output from fdisk -v hda2 <- your drive
It its EFI it will look kinda like this:
# fdisk -v sd0
#: type [ start: size ]
1: EFI Sys [ 64: 960 ]
d0834013-dab8-44df-a5e4-123148f17e03 EFI System Area
3: OpenBSD [ 1024: 500117105 ]
cd356d77-8369-44b4-996e-79e8b9a47bfe OpenBSD Area
If its MBR, it will look something like this:
Primary GPT:
Not Found
Secondary GPT:
Not Found
MBR:
Disk: sd0 geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773168 Sectors]
Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending LBA Info:
#: id C H S - C H S [ start: size ]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ]
Unused
1: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ]
Unused
2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ]
Unused
*3: A6 0 1 2 - 60801 80 63 [ 64: 976773104 ]
OpenBSD
You'll (we'll) know your on EFI or MBR
I think you can see the disks from the Ramdisk image.
If not, before running fdisk you might need to run this:
# cd /dev
# sh MAKEDEV sd0 <- change to your drive name
I think this works anyway. Someone more knowledgable will help more I
suspect.
Sorry - no joy!
sh MAKEDEV sd1 => no such file or directory
fdisk -v sd1 => ditto
sh MAKEDEV => ditto
I did a `ls /dev' and got a listing, but 'sd' or 'hd' didn't show up. I
hosed something - somewhere!! I hope that you have more clues in your bag
of tricks. :) Thanks ...
Are you certain sd1 is your disk?
What do you get if you look at your dmesg?
dmesg | grep "lun 0"
I tried sd0, sd1, sd2 and a few others - nada!
I'll leave Linux and try out your `dmesg ...' suggestion. Thx!
Please look at these 2 screenshots.
https://controlc.com/a/Vx9o70h
`dmesg' shows sd1 in the screenshot, but I can't run any utility programs - not
fdisk, dmesg or `sh MAKEDEV'. What gives?
You need to cd /dev from the bsd.rd shell prompt before running sh
./MAKEDEV sd0 (etc...).
Cheers,
Noth
