>> Hi,
>>
>> You're lucky enough to have the exact printout block by block of
>> the disk layout. I wouldn't want to do this in OpenBSD's fdisk, it'd
>> be easier with gparted on a Linux liveCD if you can. It can be done
>> with fdisk but it's not very userfriendly.
>
>
> Thanks. I managed to do it with Linux parted. Gparted doesn't accept
> sectors, only cylinders or {M,G}bytes. Back into Debian. Now, with
> regards to installing OpenBSD:
>
>> Be sure to make that NetBSD partition an OpenBSD one while you're at
>> it so the installer finds it right away.
>
> And that's where the problems started in the first place.
>
> At the prompt:
> (W) (G) (E)
>
> I choose (E) edit. Then, recalling from memory, I selected (disk) and
> changed the NetBSD filesystem to OpenBSD. After that, I couldn't go
> anywhere else. I didn't know what to do and I must have selected the
> whole disk. I wanted to mount / on the ex-NetBSD partition, and that's
> where I got stuck.
>
Hi,
Well done on restoring the disklabel. Try this in Linux:
cfdisk /dev/sda
then select the NetBSD partition, and change it's type to OpenBSD.
Save, then reboot and boot the OpenBSD installer. You can then use the G
option which should select just the OpenBSD partition. Basically you
don't really need this step anyway as the partition is ready to be
disklabeled.
Cheers,
Noth
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