Re: Installing openBSD

Multiboot support will never be a priority in OpenBSD.

None of the developers are using multiboot scenarios. We develop and
test OpenBSD to support what we use, that is why it is so good at what
it does, and that is also also why it sucks ass for multiboot.

I suggest you get over it. If that is a dealbreaker, I guess OpenBSD
is not for you!

We'll be perfectly happy if people insisting on multiboot go elsewhere.
They'll be happier also.

ykla <yklaxds@gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually, I think it's a bug that OpenBSD cannot create EFI partitions manually. File
> systems that write MSDOS, mount points that write /boot/efi, or none at all are not
> recognized by the system, and the installer will indicate that it can't install the
> boot and fail to boot the system. If you want to use a custom partition, you must
> first use AutoPartition to create a number of partitions, including an i-partition,
> i.e., an efi partition. Then do it manually by deleting the partitions other than the
> i-partition. This is the only way to customize the partition. Any manually created efi
> partition system will not be recognized.
>
> Umgeher Torgersen <me@umgeher.org> 于 2023年8月1日周二 上午12:21写道：
>
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 09:37:13AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > Omar Polo <op@omarpolo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 2023/07/31 17:19:59 +0200, Karel Lucas <cahlucas@planet.nl> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > But fdisk also has an option to edit the existing partition table.
> > >
> > > only if you want to do stuff manually, which from the thread I assume
> > > you don't need.
> > >
> > > > This
> > > > allows me to delete only the partitions related to PfSense without
> > > > deleting the (U)EFI partition.
> > >
> > > yeah, if you ask to do things by yourself, you get to do the things
> > > manually :)
> > >
> > > > The question here is whether I will need
> > > > it to boot openBSD's root partition.
> > >
> > > choose 'use whole disk' and let the installer nuke and re-create the
> > > partition table. it'll do the right thing for a standard
> > > installation.
> > >
> >
> > Karel,
> >
> > I will be going for a walk first.
> >
> > I'm trying to figure out if I should put my left foot first.
> > Or should it be the right?
>
> both
>
> > I'm so terribly confused! I would not want to put the wrong foot first.
> >
>