Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 05:09:38 -0600 From: D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com> To: stable at FreeBSD <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Two FBSD slices on one disk - losing mountpoints? Message-ID: <20020202050938.A9135@sheol.localdomain>
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After reading the 4.5 Handbook, and searching with Google and FBSD's own
engines, I cannot find anything to soothe my apprehension about what I see:
I have FBSD on ad0s2. I want FBSD 4.5-REL on ad0s1. 'fdisk' is no problem,
and neither is 'disklabel', EXCEPT that as I create the [FBSD] partitions
in ad0s1, the mountpoints in the existing ad0s2 disappear, and 'disklabel'
tells me I already have such-and-such mountpoint when I try to re-mount
the partitions in ad0s2.
I'm talking about using 'sysinstall' on a booted 4.5-REL install CD, not
the command-line 'disklabel'.
My question is: By creating new partitions in ad0s1, am I really losing
the existing mountpoints in ad0s2? If so, how do I restore 'em? Or am I
missing something fundamental here?
I know two FBSDs can exist on one drive. Am I worrying about nothing?
I cannot risk losing the FBSD on ad0s2.
TIA,
Dave
PS, I posted this yesterday on questions@, but got no takers, and I'm
rather hard-pressed for time. Bad form, I know, sorry.
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