From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 15 22:05:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA28452 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:05:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from firewall.scitec.com.au (fgate.scitec.com.au [203.17.180.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA28443 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:05:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from john.saunders@scitec.com.au) Received: by firewall.scitec.com.au; id RAA10366; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:05:44 +1100 (EST) Received: from mailhub.scitec.com.au(203.17.180.131) by fgate.scitec.com.au via smap (3.2) id xma010334; Wed, 16 Dec 98 17:05:26 +1100 Received: from saruman (saruman.scitec.com.au [203.17.182.108]) by mailhub.scitec.com.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA27863; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:05:25 +1100 From: "John Saunders" To: "Lee A. Butler" Cc: "FreeBSD questions" Subject: RE: Dual FreeBSD boot? Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:05:25 +1100 Message-ID: <001701be28ba$125f34d0$6cb611cb@saruman.scitec.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <199812160046.aa14899@CAD.ARL.MIL> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Boot up 2.2.7 and mount the root filesystem for 3.0 on /mnt... mount /dev/wd0s3a /mnt Update the bootblock to the new ones... disklabel -B -b /mnt/boot/boot1 -s /mnt/boot/boot2 wd0s3 Make slice 3 the root partition for 3.0... echo "0:wd(0,3,a)kernel" >/mnt/boot.config -- . +-------------------------------------------------------+ ,--_|\ | John Saunders mailto:John.Saunders@scitec.com.au | / Oz \ | SCITEC LIMITED Phone +61294289563 Fax +61294289933 | \_,--\_/ | "By the time you make ends meet, they move the ends." | v +-------------------------------------------------------+ > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Lee A. Butler > Sent: Wednesday, 16 December 1998 16:47 > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Dual FreeBSD boot? > > > > Has anyone ever set up a system to boot both 2.2.7 and 3.0? I'm > having some > difficulty setting up such a system. It seems no matter what I do, I get > 2.2.7 when I boot. > > The partition map on the disk looks like this: > 500M MSDOS > 2048M FreeBSD 2.2.7 > 2048M FreeBSD 3.0 > 1.5M FreeBSD 2.2.7 data filesystem > > Each version of FreeBSD was independently installed from distribution. > Booteasy gives me options for each of the 4 partitons (1 DOS and > 2,3,4 BSD). > I can boot Dos by pressing F1. If I press F2, F3 (or even F4) I > get FreeBSD > 2.2.7. A clue would be most welcome. > > Lee A. Butler Internet: butler@arl.mil > Attn: AMSRL-SL-BV Phone: (410) 278-9200 > U.S. Army Research Laboratory DSN: 298-9200 > Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5068 FAX: > (410) 278-5058 > > As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both > instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly > unchanged. > And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the > air--however slight--lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness. > --- Justice William O. Douglas > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message