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First and foremost, before beginning the installation process, MAKE
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SURE YOU HAVE A RELIABLE BACKUP of any data on your hard disk that you
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wish to keep. Repartitioning your hard disk is an excellent way to
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destroy important data.
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The OpenBSD root partition must reside completely within the BIOS
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supported part of the hard disk -- this could typically be 504MB, 2GB,
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8GB or 128GB, depending upon the age of the machine and its BIOS. The
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rest of the OpenBSD partitions can be anywhere that hardware supports.
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If you plan to dual boot, use the other operating system's "fdisk" program
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or partition editor to create at least one of the partitions to be used for
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that operating system. If that operating system is already set up to use the
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entire disk, you will need to make space available. Windows can resize its
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own system partition. In the control panel, search for "partition": this
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will lead you to the system administration tool. You do not have to create an
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OpenBSD partition at this time; the OpenBSD installation will give you an
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opportunity to create the partition needed for OpenBSD.
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Your hard disk is now prepared to have OpenBSD installed on it, and
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you should proceed with the installation instructions.
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