Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 20:53:35 +1000 From: Nick Slager <nicks@albury.net.au> To: Dutch Collins <dutch@charm.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual boot - FreeBSD 3.4-R/Solaris 8 Message-ID: <20000709205334.A467@albury.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.21.0007082022360.-361675@muffy>; from dutch@charm.net on Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 08:28:55PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.WNT.4.21.0007082022360.-361675@muffy>
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Thus spake Dutch Collins (dutch@charm.net): > Has anyone tried to setup a dual boot, FreeBSD 3.4-R and Solaris 8. I > would like to tinker with my 'free' Solaris on a 486/100. I am > thinking of; a) two partitions on a single drive, b) BSD on wd0 and > Solaris on wd2. I used to have 3.4 on my system with Solaris 7. It now has 4.0-STABLE, Solaris 8 and Win 2k. I use the Solaris boot manager to choose which OS to boot. If you have two drives, install Solaris on its own disk. That being said, I have a single 18Gb SCSI drive, but the installation caused copious loss of blood and sweat :-) The Solaris web-install thingie will actually create two partitions. It's prone to failure, though, and most people recommend the 'standard' install. Don't even think about running Solaris on a 486. It'll basically be unusable. Also, Solaris 8 discontinued ISA (and presumably VESA) bus support, so you'll need a PCI machine to install anyway. Regards, Nick. -- From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680): "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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