Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 21:18:54 +0530 From: Joseph Koshy <joseph.koshy@gmail.com> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using beastie.4th to alternate boot i386 / amd64 Message-ID: <84dead7205060608484edd8d88@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <008201c56aa5$9d2ac0a0$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> References: <008201c56aa5$9d2ac0a0$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk>
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> I'm trying to get beastie.4th to allow me to select either > amd64 or i386 as my running system. I can get this to happen > from the boot loader using: > set currdev=3Ddisk1s1d > set rootdev=3Ddisk1s1d > unload > load /boot/kernel/kernel > load /boot/kernel/acpi.ko > load /boot/kernel/hptmv.ko > boot If you are looking for a way to manage i386/amd64 dual booting, the you can just interrupt the boot sequence at the=20 boot: prompt and then load /boot/loader itself from the=20 appropriate root partition. You can specify a 'default' in file /boot.config in the disk's 'a' partition. Using FORTH would allow for a nice menu though :). --=20 FreeBSD Volunteer, http://people.freebsd.org/~jkoshy
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