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Using fdisk During an Install For this example, I’m dividing a 20GB IDE hard drive between Windows XP and OpenBSD. The first 7GB of the hard drive hold a standard install of Windows XP, on a FAT32 file system. I want to put an 8GB OpenBSD install immediately after that. […]

Hard Disk Geometry “Rectangular, with rounded corners.” Sorry, that’s not the geometry we mean. Disk geometry generally refers to the layout of the disks internally. If you open the case of a hard drive you’ll find a stack of round disks, commonly called platters . They’re covered with a […]

Remember, make your Windows 9x partition no larger than 7.5GB; you want to have enough room to get an OpenBSD root partition on your system! Linux/FreeBSD Installs If you are sharing a hard drive between OpenBSD and Linux, install OpenBSD first. Both Linux and FreeBSD can recognize OpenBSD […]

Dual-Boot Installation Restrictions Various operating systems have restrictions on how they may be placed on the disk. Here is a brief overview of these restrictions for the operating systems discussed here. Note that this sort of information may change rapidly, especially for the open-source operating systems! Also, if you search the […]

MBR Partitions In Chapter 3 we discussed OpenBSD partitions and briefly mentioned MBR partitions. You didn’t need to worry about MBR partitions unless you wanted to have multiple operating systems on one computer. The Master Boot Record includes some basic disk partitioning information, marking the locations of up to […]

Dual-Boot Install Overview Careful planning is essential when installing two operating systems on a single hard drive. Each operating system has restrictions on where it may lie on the disk, and you must satisfy those restrictions for every OS you install. For example, Windows 98 expects to be the first […]

Chapter 4: Multiboot Installation Highlights Blowfish and penguin arguing over fridge space roommates most vexing As hard drives grow larger and larger, it’s becoming more and more common to have multiple operating systems on a single disk. You can do this fairly simply with OpenBSD, […]

Final Installation Steps Hang on, you’re almost there! Now that you have the files on your disk, you just need to answer a few last questions. Do you expect to run the X Window System? [y] Answering “y” enables the kernel settings for running an X server locally. […]

Custom Installation Sets and Scripts If you have downloaded the installation sets to a local FTP server or have built some other local installation media, the OpenBSD installer allows you to add your own custom files or scripts to the install process. This is very useful if you have a […]

Once the distribution sets you chose are installed, you’ll have an opportunity to change your mind and add more distribution sets. This can be useful if a network site you installed from did not have all the sets you needed or if network issues prevented you from downloading them. Extract […]