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Date:      Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:05:40 -0500
From:      "Brian C. Grayson" <bgrayson@marvin.ece.utexas.edu>
To:        Craig Metz <cmetz@inner.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD and NetBSD coexistence?
Message-ID:  <19981020160540.A18885@marvin.ece.utexas.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199810201624.QAA06320@inner.net>; from Craig Metz on Tue, Oct 20, 1998 at 08:27:37AM -0300
References:  <199810201624.QAA06320@inner.net>

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On Tue, Oct 20, 1998 at 08:27:37AM -0300, Craig Metz wrote:
> 
>   I'm trying to set up a box dual-boot (actually quad, but anyway) with NetBSD
> and FreeBSD. The problem is that they both use the same FDISK partition ID,
> and both seem to assume that the first partition with type A5 is theirs.
> FreeBSD gets bonus points for at least allowing one to install it on the
> second partition with type A5; NetBSD always seems to claim the first one for
> itself. So I have NetBSD on my second FDISK partition and FreeBSD on my third.

  As of Feb 19, 1998, NetBSD has started to use 169 as its
partition ID to avoid these issues.  NetBSD-1.3.2 should have
this, if you are wary to use NetBSD-current.  There are some
tricky steps, as you need to build a kernel and bootblocks that
understands both IDs before changing the disk's ID (or
something like that) to avoid ending up with an unbootable
system -- see Matthias Drochner's post from Feb 19, 1998 to
current-users (Subject: IMPORTANT: new partition ID) for details.

  Brian
-- 
"Bells, SIR!" - The MOB

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