From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 20 14:11:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA03632 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:11:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from marvin.ece.utexas.edu (marvin.ece.utexas.edu [128.83.52.151]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA03620 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:11:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bgrayson@marvin.ece.utexas.edu) Received: (from bgrayson@localhost) by marvin.ece.utexas.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA28042; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:05:41 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19981020160540.A18885@marvin.ece.utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:05:40 -0500 From: "Brian C. Grayson" To: Craig Metz , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and NetBSD coexistence? References: <199810201624.QAA06320@inner.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.1i In-Reply-To: <199810201624.QAA06320@inner.net>; from Craig Metz on Tue, Oct 20, 1998 at 08:27:37AM -0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message