Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 17:06:31 -0700 From: "Michael O'Henly" <michael@tenzo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Question about installing two instances of FreeBSD on same machine... Message-ID: <01050817063105.01988@h24-69-46-74.gv.shawcable.net>
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I'm a new FreeBSD user I have two hard drives. On one drive I've installed FreeBSD 4.3 with the default boot manager. The second drive is not being used. I'd like to run a second instance of FreeBSD on the second drive. The idea is that I could experiment there without worrying about screwing things up and just reinstall when necessary. I'd also like that second instance to share the same /usr/home/michael/ directory and to be able to mount other directories from the first instance to make it easier to copy configuration files between both environments. I _think_ I should boot from the 4.3 CD, format and install a system on the second drive, and not install a boot manager. Then I should add the second system to the boot manager's config file. The part where I'm sketchy is how to make /usr/home/michael accessible from both instances and how to mount directories from the first instance when I need them. Can you please give me some direction here? I don't need details -- just the broad strokes. I just need to know basically how to procede. Thanks. M. -- Michael O'Henly To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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