Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 10:05:58 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: lorenl@alzatex.com (Loren M. Lang) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dual-boot FreeBSD 4.x/5.x Message-ID: <200403051505.i25F5ws25261@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040305111038.GB1378@alzatex.com> from "Loren M. Lang" at Mar 05, 2004 03:10:38 AM
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> > > Is it possible to dual boot FreeBSD 4.9 and 5.2.1 on one system, each > using a different / partition, but sharing the same /usr partition for > example? I'd really like to try out some of the features of 5.x, but be > able to easily go back to 4.9 if I find it too unstable. I don't think you could really "share" a /usr partition between the two systems. There are too many differences. Anyway, you could not install binaries for one and expect them to run in the other. ////jerry > > --=20 > I sense much NT in you. > NT leads to Bluescreen. > Bluescreen leads to downtime. > Downtime leads to suffering. > NT is the path to the darkside. > Powerful Unix is. > > Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc > Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C > =20 > > --A6N2fC+uXW/VQSAv > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > Content-Disposition: inline > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFASGAu+vN6RuSjKAwRAnFPAJsFN+NEhYvV3AjC4t7zFkohUQ058wCfXZv4 > QZOAD3SHkCKHf3LRgzz/JyA= > =SDSf > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --A6N2fC+uXW/VQSAv-- >
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