Hi, I don't quite understand what you're doing? Are you looking for a dual-boot with linux via grub?
If so, have a look at www.aei.mpg.de/~pau/zen_process_obsd.html Read it in detail. If not, just forget this mail. Cheers, Pau 2007/10/29, Bertram Scharpf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi again, > > Am Montag, 29. Okt 2007, 02:38:08 +0100 schrieb Bertram Scharpf: > > I just installed OpenBSD on a i386 from cd41.iso as > > described in the FAQ, chapter 4. > > > > When I restart the system from the CD all OpenBSD partitions > > show up properly and I can chroot into /mnt after I mounted > > them. > > > > However, Grub refuses to recognize any of the OpenBSD > > partitions. A Linux resides on the same disk that cannot > > mount any of these partitions either. > > > > Here is a `sfdisk' (Linux) output: > > > > /dev/hdb1 : start= 1, size= 32255, Id=83 > > /dev/hdb2 : start= 32256, size= 2096640, Id=82 > > /dev/hdb3 : start= 2128896, size=117974304, Id= 5 > > /dev/hdb4 : start= 0, size= 0, Id= 0 > > /dev/hdb5 : start= 2128897, size= 4194287, Id=83 > > /dev/hdb6 : start= 6323185, size= 37748591, Id=a6, bootable > > /dev/hdb7 : start= 44071777, size= 76031423, Id=8e > > > > And here is what I entered into `disklabel': > > > > start size mountpoint > > wd1a 6323185 524159 / > > wd1b 6847344 524160 (swap) > > wd1d 7371504 524160 /tmp > > wd1e 7895664 12582864 /usr > > wd1f 20478528 8388576 /home > > First of all thanks to the off-list responders. I already > considered the chainloader option but as I installed no > bootloader this probably would not work. > > I examined the Grub source code to find out where it looks > for BSD partitions. I found there is a sector containing the > BSD magic label and appropriate partitioning info. It's > sector 1, the second one on the disk == the first in slice > /dev/hdb1 or (hd1,0), respectively. > > Arrgh! > > Sectors 6323185 and 6323186 are still untouched. I tried to > use the 'b' command in 'disklabel -E ..' but nothing went > better. I dd'ed sector 1 to 6323186 and voila - there they > are. Could this be the correct way that I first have to > damage another partition and then manually have to move a > sector? > > When booting this system I run into the next problem: > > panic: /boot too old: upgrade! > > Therefore I would like to try to install a bootloader and > chainload it. But with a 'disklabel' that overwrites > existing partitions? > > Do I have to get used to struggle with such fundamental > problems when I proceed with OpenBSD? > > Thank for reading so far, > > Bertram > > > -- > Bertram Scharpf > Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany > http://www.bertram-scharpf.de
