Copying system files
Now the installer asks for the location of "sets" (in BSD systems that means non-kernel software included with the system):
Let's install the sets! Location of sets? (cd0 disk http or 'done') [cd0] cd0 Pathname to the sets? (or 'done') [7.8/i386]
Type "cd0" as we're installing from optical drive, then press Enter to accept the default path to the sets.
Then the installer will ask which sets to install:
Select sets by entering a set name, a file name pattern or 'all'. De-select
sets by prepending a '-', e.g. '-game*'. Selected sets are labeled '[X]'.
[X] bsd [X] comp78.tgz [X] xbase78.tgz [X] xserv78.tgz
[X] bsd.rd [X] man78.tgz [X] xshare78.tgz
[X] base78.tgz [X] game78.tgz [X] xfont70.tgz
Set name(s)? (or 'abort' or 'done') [done] done
I'll just type "done" to install all of the sets - we have a lot of space so why not install the complete system?
The installer will copy the files to the OpenBSD partition and display progress bars while doing so. Then it will ask if we want to copy any more sets:
Location of sets? (cd0 disk http or 'done') [done] done
We installed the entire system, so let's type in "done".
After taking some time to finish the setup, the system will show a reboot prompt:
Exit to (S)hell, (H)alt or (R)eboot? [reboot]
We finally installed OpenBSD, so let's remove the install disc and press Enter to reboot!
Now we need to do some additional configuration to get OpenBSD to dual boot with Windows.
Dual boot setup
Now the first thing we need to do is boot the Linux ISO again, then remove the boot flag with fdisk from the OpenBSD partition, keeping it only on the Windows XP partition. The partition table should look close to this:
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 * 2048 209717247 209715200 100G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda2 209717248 629147647 419430400 200G c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sda3 629147648 838862847 209715200 100G a6 OpenBSD
As we can see, after toggling the OpenBSD partition's boot flag only the NTFS partition (the Windows one) should have the boot flag set. I explained fdisk usage in more detail in part 1 and in the preparation section of this part.
Then we need to copy the OpenBSD partition boot sector to a file that can be read by the Windows bootloader. To do this, we boot the OpenBSD install disc and repeat the installation prompts, just like installing normally, until we get to this prompt:
Use (W)hole disk, use the (O)penBSD area or (E)dit the MBR? [OpenBSD] !
At this point type "!" (a single exclamation mark without quotes) and press Enter to get into the command shell. If we use the shell at an earlier point in the installation, the system won't let us access the disklabel.