Another multibooting option for the FAQ
John Danks <[email protected]>
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I just realized this one recently. Most modern BIOS allow you to press a key on the POST screen and choose a boot device, even a specific hard drive. All of the current multiboot options in the FAQ describe methods for use with a single disk. An alternative then is to install Windows on the first disk which the BIOS boots to by default, and then install OpenBSD on a separate disk in the same machine. Simply press F10, F12 or whatever key your BIOS uses and choose the OpenBSD disk as your boot device. This method saves you the trouble of messing around with partitions, bootloaders and potential data loss, assuming you have an additional drive, room in the case to install it and a BIOS that supports the option to choose an alternate boot device.