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Hi there, i have installed openbsd along with linux.
I use lilo and the openbsd partition is declared like that
other=/dev/hda3
label="OpenBsd"
When i boot on it i have the message "bad magic", how can i resolve that ?
I know it's a common problem but didn't find the answer, any explanation or links appreciated.
i believe *BSD requires a boot loader (most os' do), but what or where that is i couldn't tell you (check out http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#MkFlop). but what you'll want to do is find that file and copy it to your Linux partition and name it something like /boot/bsd.b. then in your lilo.conf file you'll need these lines:
Hi bax,
I guess the problem was that openbsd kernel can't be located after the 8th Gig.
So here's what i did for my multiboot
hda1 /boot 15mo
hda2 /openbsd a few gig
hda3 logical a few gig
/hda5 /
/hda6 /swap
/hda7 /usr
/hda8 /var
/hda9 /home
hda4 /windows a few gig
So now i have a multiboot with debian, openbsd and windows, maybe there are better ways to do but this one works fine.
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