Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 22:00:40 -0400 From: Mike Jeays <mike.jeays@rogers.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Death By NetBSD Message-ID: <200909052200.41223.mike.jeays@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <86bplpt4m6.wl%bh@izb.knu.ac.kr> References: <200909051717.15321.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> <86bplpt4m6.wl%bh@izb.knu.ac.kr>
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On September 5, 2009 06:21:21 pm =E7=89=9B=E7=B2=A5 wrote: > At Sat, 5 Sep 2009 17:17:15 +0100, > > Frank Mitchell wrote: > > Hi: > > > > Recently I installed NetBSD, then found FreeBSD wouldn't start. I had > > this problem before and believed it was due to a bug in the NetBSD Boot > > Selector, which I avoided installing. But this time it looked as if my > > FreeBSD Partition got wiped completely. > > > > Re-trying, it looked like NetBSD spotted the FreeBSD FFSv2 Partition and > > decided to assign it a Mount Point of "/". This is listed if you look > > closely under "NetBSD Disklabel Partitions... last chance to change". I > > edited that Mount Point away and afterwards my (reinstalled) FreeBSD was > > still present. > > > > Hey, I'm glad I keep my Data on a separate Partition. Am I the only guy > > who didn't know about this? > > Welcome! > > Personally i don't use dual booting. All operating system is in > primary master. Whenever special operating system is needed, i changed > that physicially hand by hand. It is safe for me, anyway ..;; > > Sincerely, Agreed. I much prefer disk caddies for a desktop machine. I had a bad day a= =20 few years ago when I wiped out an entire dual-boot FreeBSD/Windows disk wit= h a=20 careless use of fdisk. =2D-=20 Mike Jeays http://www.jeays.ca http://www.rotarycpmm.ca
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