Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 20:59:51 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Studded <Studded@dal.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dual boot on wd0: fbsd(old)/fbsd(mew) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980318205906.4476G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <350EF1B5.FB45983@dal.net>
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On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Studded wrote: > > > Wonder if someone would clarify why I can't dual boot two different > > > versions of fbsd located in wd0s2(2.2.2) and wd0s4(2.2.5)? > > > > Our boot blocks are pretty dumb; it searches for the first slice with the > > correct type and boots it. You won't be able to boot wd0s4 unless you > > disable wd0s2 first. > > Isn't this one of the things that the new slice code is supposed to > fix? I would have no idea, I don't watch -stable. AFAIK the bootblocks don't have a *way* of specifying exactly which slice you want. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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