Re: Question

Stuart Henderson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.www
Message-ID <[email protected]>
In gmane.os.openbsd.www, you wrote:

www@ isn't a good place for questions, reply-to set to misc@.

> I have a question regarding dual booting openbsd with windows xp.I
> have your install cd and I have no idea how to install it without
> deleting xp.I partitioned my drive to fat32,I don't know if the cpu
> bios recognizes partitions.Is there a part of the openbsd installation
> process where it recognizes partitions?This will be my first time
> using unix so I will admit I have no idea what I am doing but if
> anything I would be happy booting it from a usb device.If you can
> share any info it would greatly be appreciated.I really am looking
> forward in using unix I am done with  the windows monopoly and all
> there restrictions.Thank You.
>
>

OpenBSD can coexist with Windows (though it's simpler with a version
newer than XP which comes with partition resizing tools), however
dual booting is still a more advanced setup.

If you're not happy to risk breaking your existing setup, save
yourself trouble and practice on an unimportant machine or a VM.
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