From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 6 02:27:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD2011065693 for ; Sun, 6 Sep 2009 02:27:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike.jeays@rogers.com) Received: from smtp128.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp128.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.53.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 60E808FC0A for ; Sun, 6 Sep 2009 02:27:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 1891 invoked from network); 6 Sep 2009 02:00:42 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:From:To:Subject:Date:User-Agent:References:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Disposition:Message-Id; b=0xUDHT3NzEgLs/S2GqOziwooC3I9UOLK6tCb4Webs/OUqC9MjqQgz+m/KVB7FiEx982Vv4ZF7NdWqHBUw5i6/TIfXghADvEw5PI6RwelapQWQyORSRRjDuan7sffUXbBFcUmMjUcwNAxynzxClhgQlbaESZga1TXCrcuk0lG/l8= ; Received: from unknown (HELO napoleon.localnet) (mike.jeays@99.224.61.141 with plain) by smtp128.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Sep 2009 02:00:42 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: YqKx.eoVM1mHOs.q9Gsj0VDeJOjZN0.2TeUpQzQiElb36P1C.Dv9wFqWdvMMBRDiNQ-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 From: Mike Jeays To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 22:00:40 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.10.4 (Linux/2.6.27-14-generic; KDE/4.1.4; i686; ; ) References: <200909051717.15321.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> <86bplpt4m6.wl%bh@izb.knu.ac.kr> In-Reply-To: <86bplpt4m6.wl%bh@izb.knu.ac.kr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <200909052200.41223.mike.jeays@rogers.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Death By NetBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:27:24 -0000 On September 5, 2009 06:21:21 pm =E7=89=9B=E7=B2=A5 wrote: > At Sat, 5 Sep 2009 17:17:15 +0100, > > Frank Mitchell wrote: > > Hi: > > > > Recently I installed NetBSD, then found FreeBSD wouldn't start. I had > > this problem before and believed it was due to a bug in the NetBSD Boot > > Selector, which I avoided installing. But this time it looked as if my > > FreeBSD Partition got wiped completely. > > > > Re-trying, it looked like NetBSD spotted the FreeBSD FFSv2 Partition and > > decided to assign it a Mount Point of "/". This is listed if you look > > closely under "NetBSD Disklabel Partitions... last chance to change". I > > edited that Mount Point away and afterwards my (reinstalled) FreeBSD was > > still present. > > > > Hey, I'm glad I keep my Data on a separate Partition. Am I the only guy > > who didn't know about this? > > Welcome! > > Personally i don't use dual booting. All operating system is in > primary master. Whenever special operating system is needed, i changed > that physicially hand by hand. It is safe for me, anyway ..;; > > Sincerely, Agreed. I much prefer disk caddies for a desktop machine. I had a bad day a= =20 few years ago when I wiped out an entire dual-boot FreeBSD/Windows disk wit= h a=20 careless use of fdisk. =2D-=20 Mike Jeays http://www.jeays.ca http://www.rotarycpmm.ca