Date: Mon, 7 Dec 98 11:02:13 +0100 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr To: grog@lemis.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Michael.Ranner@netway.at, Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr Subject: Re: How to install two FreeBSD's on one disc? Message-ID: <H000057c01ab47da@MHS> In-Reply-To: <19981207194724.D12688@freebie.lemis.com>
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Hello Greg, Well I wasn't clear enough : It seems that it is not yet possible to have two "vanilla" FreeBSD installations on the same disk (I mean : having two partitions /dev/wd0s1a /wd0s1e /wd0s1f, for 2.2.x and /dev/wd0s2a, wd0s2e, wd0s2f for 3.x) (then you could choose which Version to run from the booteasy menu ; with your solution, you choose from the boot prompt) I was planning to have an install like the one described before (one full partition for -Stable and another to play with a "make aout-to-elf" upgrade to Current), but doing this, I hosed my first partition beyond repair, so I went the easy route and bought a second disk. But I stand corrected : your way is an elegant solution to get both versions on the same disk. TfH > [Format autorecovered at freebie.lemis.com] > > On Monday, 7 December 1998 at 8:55:52 +0100, Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr wrote > : > >> How can I install Relase 2.2.7 and Release 3.0 on one IDE disc. > >> > >> I've installed 2.2.7 and 3.0 and now I can only boot from the first > >> slice. > >> > >> Is there known workaround? Could I temporary modify the disklabels > >> or fdisk information to boot from another slice on the same disk? > > > > You just can't for the moment have two FreeBSD on the same disk. > > There is an evolution for the bootloader to allow such a combination, but > > it is neither in 2.2.8 nor in 3.0 > > Sure you can. On my machine razzia.lemis.com (3.0) or > daemon.lemis.com (2.2.7), I do it by booting from a different slice. > Here's razzia: > > $ df > Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/sd0s1a 38991 28971 6901 81% / > /dev/sd0s1e 38991 22248 13624 62% /Root > /dev/sd0s1f 921679 766309 81636 90% /Usr > /dev/sd0s1g 921951 814421 33774 96% /usr > > I get this by booting from /dev/sd0s1a. If I boot from /dev/sd0s1e, I > get daemon, and the file system names are: > > /dev/sd0s1a 38991 28971 6901 81% /Root > /dev/sd0s1e 38991 22248 13624 62% / > /dev/sd0s1f 921679 766309 81636 90% /usr > /dev/sd0s1g 921951 814421 33774 96% /Usr > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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