Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 23:44:51 -0700 From: rob <rob@pythonemproject.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can Sysinstall now deal with 2 FBSD partitions? Message-ID: <3CE749E2.5AD3128F@pythonemproject.com> References: <200205172323.TAA68809@mmm1902.dulles19-verio.com> <20020518191332.K1494@shell.gsinet.sittig.org>
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Thanks for the info. I have just about given up installing current. I got one of the bi-weekly iso images and it panics on my Viao. The developer release iso won't recognize my CDROM. If I get a chance I will look at the sysinstall code. It seems that something very simple is severely lacking in its functionality. Maybe I can be the hero and patch it. But I have other pressing coding projects, so I can't guarantee anything. Rob. Gerhard Sittig wrote: > > On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 23:23 +0000, rob@pythonemproject.com wrote: > > > > First slice on the drive is Win2K. My first FBSD slice has ad0s2a /, ad0s2b swap, ad0s2d /var ad0s2e /tmp ad0s2f /home and ad0s2g /usr (I'm doing this from memory since I'm at work) > > > > In sysinstall, I created a new slice and made the exact same partitions, only they were ad0s3*. I assigned all the mount points. I left the original ad0s2 mount points as "*". Then I used the developer release CD as the installation medium. > > > > And to my surprise, when I booted up, I had -current on ad0s2, and ad0s3 did not exist. > > Since I have a similar setup (along the lines of: ad0s2 > -RELEASE /, ad0s3 -STABLE /, ad0s4 swap + -RELEASE /tmp + > -RELEASE /var + -RELEASE /usr + -STABLE /tmp + -STABLE /var + > -STABLE /usr + common /home) I ran into a similar problem. > IIRC sysinstall already stopped me in creating or mounting > another root partition if there already was one. > > Should sysinstall still lack support for this setup (I didn't > check back since then), you can circumvent the problem by > changing the (BIOS) partition tag or the (BSD) partition name > of the existing installation's root partition when installing > the second system and restoring its name afterwards. Later on > booting one of two ad?s?a partitions hasn't been a problem. > > See the archives, the question has been asked before. From my > sent folder I got these handles to my message, so you should > be able to find the thread. > > Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 20:10:07 +0100 > From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> > To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Two FreeBSDs on same disk, booting secondary slice? > Message-ID: <20011111201007.F39804@shell.gsinet.sittig.org> > > virtually yours 82D1 9B9C 01DC 4FB4 D7B4 61BE 3F49 4F77 72DE DA76 > Gerhard Sittig true | mail -s "get gpg key" Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net > -- > If you don't understand or are scared by any of the above > ask your parents or an adult to help you. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- ----------------------------- The Numeric Python EM Project www.pythonemproject.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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