Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 18:07:02 +0200 (CEST) From: Conny Andersson <ataraxi@telia.com> To: Peter Andreev <andreev.peter@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD slices and the Boot Manager Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307281752360.1471@alice.nodomain.nowhere> In-Reply-To: <CAE_wXn1J3r%2B4FWJGz-NJcjNquYNVL%2B3fj2ncz9dw=5vvbeUpHg@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1306291951460.1488@alice.nodomain.nowhere> <CAE_wXn1J3r%2B4FWJGz-NJcjNquYNVL%2B3fj2ncz9dw=5vvbeUpHg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Peter, I need much more disk space for the FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE, so I will need the space of the two 'old' slices. Thanks, Conny > On Sun, 28 Jul 2013, Peter Andreev wrote: > Why wouldn't you simply update your 8.1 to 8.4? > > > 2013/7/27 Conny Andersson <ataraxi@telia.com> > >> Hi, >> >> I have a workstation with two factory installed hard disks. The first >> disk, ada0, is occupied by a Windows 7 Pro OS (mainly kept for the three >> year warranty of the workstation as Dell techs mostly speak the Microsoft >> language). >> >> Instead I have configured the BIOS to boot from the MBR on the second disk >> as I most of the time (99%) use FreeBSD. The MBR on ada1 was installed with >> sysinstall's option "Install the FreeBSD Boot Manager", when I installed >> the FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE. >> >> (The latest BIOS version 2.4.0 for Dell T1500 does not support >> UEFI/GPT/GUID.) >> >> The second disk ada1, now has three FreeBSD slices: >> >> 1) ada1s1 with FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE >> >> 2) ada1s2 with FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE >> >> 3) ada1s3 with FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE >> >> I want to install the new FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE on ada1s1 by overwriting the >> now existing two first slices. This means that ada1s3, must become ada1s2 >> instead. Is this possible to do? >> >> A very important question is if sysinstall's option "Install the FreeBSD >> Boot Manager" detects that I have a FreeBSD 8.3 and detect it as slice 2 on >> disk 1? So it becomes a boot option when I am rebooting? (Maybe the slice >> may come up as ad6s2, because AHCI in FreeBSD 8.4 isn't enabled at the time >> of the install.) >> >> If the answer to these questions is yes, then the next two questions arise. >> >> Can I mount ada1s2a (FreeBSD 8.3) from the newly installed FreeBSD 8.4 and >> edit my FreeBSD's 8.3-R /etc/fstab according to the new disk layout, and >> occasionally run FreeBSD 8.3 without problems? Or do I have to do more to >> get it to work? >> >> The idea behind this kind of 'reverse' disk layout of mine is to have >> FreeBSD 8.4 as my new default OS. And have FreeBSD 8.3 untouched for >> configuring FreeBSD 8.4 and booting into it when ever needed. If I can do >> this as described above, I will have plenty of space on the disk for the >> future and a new FreeBSD release. >> >> >> Thanks for your interest in my questions, >> >> Conny Andersson >> >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> Conny Andersson >> <ataraxi@telia.com> >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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