Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 10:52:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill-S <bill@wiliweld.com> To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: solaris Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0609041050510.23632@liam> In-Reply-To: <98E10DB7-64AC-4E0A-9B6C-420633700B5B@shire.net> References: <20060903223518.f92a2112.dick@nagual.nl> <20060904050337.D1556@www.pukruppa.net> <5FC874DF-8811-4012-81A0-4B9F22BF399B@shire.net> <20060904145729.GA7110@lothlorien.nagual.nl> <98E10DB7-64AC-4E0A-9B6C-420633700B5B@shire.net>
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At Mon, 4 Sep 2006 it looks like Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC composed: > > On Sep 4, 2006, at 8:57 AM, dick hoogendijk wrote: > > > On 03 Sep Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > > > > > I am not sure about installing Solaris into an existing partition. > > > > I remember one of the FBSD's (a RC, but still) destroying my partition > > table. That's the reason I ask. I know that I don't have to use the main > > option (that's for the whole disk). But if there are no problems know of > > with the sol installer, than I'm a little less worried. I have no space > > to > > backup my XP and FBSD disk parts (at the moment). > > > > > btw there is a Solaris X86 mail list at http://groups.yahoo.com/ > group/solarisx86/ > > They might be better able to help out in determining the danger of installing > in your situation. A second drive of course would somewhat give some relief for this install. I have, one a few of my boxes here, a BIOS enabled <F8> key for selecting which disk to boot off of. AMI I believe is the BIOS type. -- Bill Schoolcraft, PO Box 210076, San Francisco, CA 94121 http://wiliweld.com "If happiness is in your destiny, you need not be in a hurry."
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