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Date:      Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:05:25 +1100
From:      "John Saunders" <john.saunders@scitec.com.au>
To:        "Lee A. Butler" <butler@ARL.MIL>
Cc:        "FreeBSD questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Dual FreeBSD boot?
Message-ID:  <001701be28ba$125f34d0$6cb611cb@saruman.scitec.com.au>
In-Reply-To:  <199812160046.aa14899@CAD.ARL.MIL>

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Boot up 2.2.7 and mount the root filesystem for 3.0 on /mnt...

	mount /dev/wd0s3a /mnt

Update the bootblock to the new ones...

	disklabel -B -b /mnt/boot/boot1 -s /mnt/boot/boot2 wd0s3

Make slice 3 the root partition for 3.0...

	echo "0:wd(0,3,a)kernel" >/mnt/boot.config

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Lee A. Butler
> Sent: Wednesday, 16 December 1998 16:47
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Dual FreeBSD boot?
>
>
>
> Has anyone ever set up a system to boot both 2.2.7 and 3.0?  I'm
> having some
> difficulty setting up such a system.  It seems no matter what I do, I get
> 2.2.7 when I boot.
>
> The partition map on the disk looks like this:
> 	 500M	MSDOS
> 	2048M	FreeBSD 2.2.7
> 	2048M	FreeBSD 3.0
> 	 1.5M	FreeBSD 2.2.7 data filesystem
>
> Each version of FreeBSD was independently installed from distribution.
> Booteasy gives me options for each of the 4 partitons (1 DOS and
> 2,3,4 BSD).
> I can boot Dos by pressing F1.  If I press F2, F3 (or even F4) I
> get FreeBSD
> 2.2.7.  A clue would be most welcome.
>
> Lee A. Butler					Internet: butler@arl.mil
> Attn: AMSRL-SL-BV				Phone: (410) 278-9200
> U.S. Army Research Laboratory			DSN:	     298-9200
> Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD  21005-5068		FAX:
> (410) 278-5058
>
> As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression.  In both
> instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly
> unchanged.
> And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the
> air--however slight--lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.
> --- Justice William O. Douglas
>
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