Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:03:06 -0400 From: "Andrey Shuvikov" <mr.hyro@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual boot FreeBSD(6.2) / Current ? Message-ID: <24393ae80707130803u30dc1774u983d7c39d74ecd27@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46975EC6.90907@cyberleo.net> References: <20070713115602.54966b2c@roxette> <46975EC6.90907@cyberleo.net>
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On 7/13/07, CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> wrote: > Patrick Lamaiziere wrote: > > Hello, > > > > How to make a dual boot with Stable and Current ? The FreeBSD loader > > always uses the bsd partition 'a' to load the kernel. So i always boot > > 6.2. > > > > My main boot loader is Gag. > > > > Perhaps install the depeendant filesystems (/, /var, /usr) for the two > versions each in their own slices, and share independant filesystems > (/tmp, /home) from a third slice? > > -- > Fuzzy love, > -CyberLeo > Technical Administrator > CyberLeo.Net Webhosting > http://www.CyberLeo.Net > <CyberLeo@CyberLeo.Net> > > Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > When I tried to dual-boot FreeBSD and PC-BSD I noticed that FreeBSD loader always loads the first A5 slice it can find. I used GRUB to change the type of the slice I didn't need to something else (for example, A6, unless you have OpenBSD installed :-)). If Gag can do it too, it could help.
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