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Anyone know how to dual-boot OpenBSD on a 32-bit MacBook from 2007? (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I found refind makes multi booting crazy easy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I already have rEFInd. It's been my bootloader on this particular device since I installed SparkyLinux on it in 2021.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

got ya. What’s your issue been with dual booting so far? What’s running next to OpenBSD?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

OSX Snow Leopard. The main issues with everything I've tried recently are:

OpenBSD: Disk partitioning process was not explained clearly by anyone.
FreeBSD: Refused to find any WiFi networks. Won't boot.
NetBSD: Beeps loudly and uncontrollably on the WiFi config screen.
KANOTIX: Couldn't see my disk.
antiX: Wouldn't partition my disk.
GNU Guix: Actually installed, but the Guix package manager kept crashing post-install. I blame my old processor and my 3GB of RAM. I'm also not a fan of the filesystem layout in Guix.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Dang. Wish I had more experience with BSDs and could be more helpful, but I could probably only regurgitate wiki links that you’ve likely already gone through