> Thanks a lot for your patience when I became fretful. I also become very usually fretful when something that SHOULD be working is as stubborn as to refuse to do it. I know it. Oh, yes... and how...
glad to read that it worked for you! Pau 2007/10/29, Bertram Scharpf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > Am Montag, 29. Okt 2007, 11:54:23 -0500 schrieb Andrew Daugherity: > > On 10/28/07, Bertram Scharpf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > grub> root (hd1,^I > > > ... > > > Partition num: 5, No BSD sub-partition found, partition type 0xa6 > > > ... > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > I think this is your problem -- the OpenBSD partition needs to be a > > primary partition (hda1-hda4 in Linux terminology, or (hd0,1) - > > (hd0,3) in GRUB language, and you have it as an extended partition > > (hdb6). This is not supported. Reallocated your fdisk partitions so > > the OpenBSD partition is a primary partition and reinstall (you may > > have to resize your extended partition, ID=5, to make room). > > Those @#$!& extended partitions! It's really time for me to > get rid of that kind of programming style. > > I tried it out on another machine where I had a free primary > partition. Hoolay--it boots! Moving partitions around on the > machine described above will take some time but I will try > it in any case and I will report. > > Thanks a lot for your patience when I became fretful. > > Bertram > > > -- > Bertram Scharpf > Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany > http://www.bertram-scharpf.de
