From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 12 22:57:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhop1.nyroc.rr.com (mailhop1-1.nyroc.rr.com [24.92.226.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FD7D14EAD for ; Sun, 12 Dec 1999 22:57:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leisner@rochester.rr.com) Received: from mailout2.nyroc.rr.com ([24.92.226.165]) by mailhop1.nyroc.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59787U250000L250000S0V35) with ESMTP id com; Mon, 13 Dec 1999 01:55:34 -0500 Received: from mail2.nyroc.rr.com ([24.92.226.75]) by mailout2.nyroc.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59787U250000L250000S0V35) with ESMTP id com; Mon, 13 Dec 1999 01:49:08 -0500 Received: from rochester.rr.com ([24.93.17.24]) by mail2.nyroc.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-53939U80000L80000S0V35) with ESMTP id com; Mon, 13 Dec 1999 01:55:17 -0500 Received: from soyata.home (IDENT:leisner@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rochester.rr.com (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA01971; Mon, 13 Dec 1999 01:57:28 -0500 Message-Id: <199912130657.BAA01971@rochester.rr.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.0 09/18/1999 To: "Christopher S. Weimann" Cc: Danny , "Richard E. Hawkins" , wonko@entropy.tmok.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is FreeBSD better than Linux? In-Reply-To: Message from "Christopher S. Weimann" of "Sun, 12 Dec 1999 01:12:09 EST." <19991212011209.B2680@wallnet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 01:57:28 -0500 From: "Marty Leisner" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG No, while the slice approach creates 8 potential file system in one slice, I found it easier to just use extended partitions. That way I can have redhat 5.2 and redhat 6.0 on the same disk I.e. redhat 5.2 / = /dev/hda5 redhat 5.2 /usr = /dev/hda6 swap /dev/hda7 redhat 6.0 / = dev/hda8 redhat 6.0 /usr = /dev/hda9 There's something called "extended linux partitions", I've never used them. When I put 1 system several years in slice 1, and another system in slice 2, it installed but always booted the first slice. Also loadlin seemed "better" than the freebsd dos-based kernel loader... (supposedly I may be able to do this now in freebsd...I'll belive it when I see it). > On Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 06:36:42PM -0500, Marty Leisner wrote: > > > > I've found linux to boot more flexibly because you can: > > have multiple distributions on one disk > > > > Do you mean on the same filesystem? > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Christopher Weimann SysAdmin 400 Higgins Ave > Wall Internet LLC. Brielle NJ, 08730 > Serving almost all of New Jersey 732-223-1777 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message