Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 12:55:19 +0200 From: Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Multiple versions of FreeBSD on one HDD Message-ID: <37A6CA97.1F0DA32F@cdsec.com>
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Hi all I am trying to install both 2.2.8 and 3.2 on a single 17Gb HDD, but am not having much luck. I have tried several approaches, in particular creating four partitions, the first two for the respective root slices, the third for swap, and the fourth for the remaining slices. If I create the first two partitions as small as 50Mb, sysinstall still complains that it can't make a root slice in the second partition as the boot loader can't deal with that location. If I create the /usr and /var slices for the second OS and then say `Use defaults for all' it creates a 32MB root slice in the second partition, so that seems to get around the problem, but I can't boot this after the install is done. If I install DOS in the first 50Mb partition, then there is no problem. So it seems the presence of a FreeBSD partition preceding the one in which I want to make the root slice prevents things from working. Is there a way around this (other than using a second drive?) TIA gram -- Dr Graham Wheeler E-mail: gram@cequrux.com Cequrux Technologies Phone: +27(21)423-6065/6/7 Firewalls/Virtual Private Networks Fax: +27(21)24-3656 Data/Network Security Specialists WWW: http://www.cequrux.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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