Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 01:13:03 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Tim_G=2E_B=F8rresen?= <tim@sunsite.no> To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting from swap Message-ID: <20021002011303.A15792@sunsite.no> In-Reply-To: <20021001190903.I218@locore.ca>; from jake@locore.ca on Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 07:09:03PM -0400 References: <20021001225235.GA21008@diku.dk> <20021001190903.I218@locore.ca>
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On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 07:09:03PM -0400, Jake Burkholder wrote: > Apparently, On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 12:52:35AM +0200, > jlouis@diku.dk said words to the effect of; > > > Is there an image from which it is possible to boot from a swap > > partition of another operating system? > > No, just for netbooting or from cdrom. Why? > > Jake > This is how it's done on OpenBSD. You dd the install image to a swap partition and boot from there. If you have a working system, this is a very easy way to install or test the latest and greatest port. Cheers Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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