Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 13:45:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Ricardo M. Codizar" <ricky@jpi.mozcom.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 versions of FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980527134508.2179F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199805270927.RAA21821@jpi.mozcom.com>
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On Wed, 27 May 1998, Ricardo M. Codizar wrote: > I would like to install two FreeBSD versions on my PC together with > Windows 95. I used OS/2 boot manager to create three primary partitions on > my hard disk. I already installed Windows 95 on one of the partition and > FreeBSD 2.0.1 on the other. On one of the partition left, I tried installing > FreeBSD 2.2.2 but FreeBSD 2.0.1 were over written and in return there are > two FreeBSD 2.2.2 version exists. > > Does two FreeBSD partitions can co-exist in one hard disk on a > different partitions? Is that a FreeBSD limitations or hardware limitations? No, it's a boot block limitation. The boot blocks will boot the first FreeBSD slice found in the system. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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