Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 14:28:54 +0200 From: Thierry Herbelot <Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr> To: Ian Edwards <ian@concerto.demon.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Installing 2nd copy of FreeBSD Message-ID: <37610106.597C0ED4@telspace.alcatel.fr> References: <XFMail.990611121728.ian@concerto.demon.co.uk>
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Hello, When I went to 3.0, I also had a 2.2.8-S partition that I wanted to preserve (in the same way as you : on the same disk). The problem comes from the old bootblocks (used in 2.x and 3.0) which can only see one bootable FreeBSD partition on a disk. If you look in the archives, you will find a post by Greg Lehey, explaining how ot install a second version of FreeBSD in a "e" BSD partition in lieu of a "a" partition (In this way : in the same "DOS" partition, you cut a "a" partition for the root part of BSD no1, other partitions as you like for swap, var, ..., then the "e" partition to install the 2nd BSD root partition - you may have these partitions in your da0s3 and all other partitions (/usr : on for each BSD version /home...) in the second BSD partition (da0s2). I found that an easier way was to buy a second disk and have one release of FreeBSD on each disk (with the swap and /home partitions shared between the two). Either way, have a long look at the disklabel man page. TfH Ian Edwards wrote: > > Hello, > > I am trying to instal two copies of FreeBSD 3.0 onto the same disk - one > will get upgraded to -stable, the other to -current. > > Using install floppies from the FreeBSD 3.0 CD. > > Disk (Quantum 6GB SCSI C/H/S = 783/255/63 on BusLogic BT-948) is sliced > > da0s1 47MB id=6 DOS > da0s2 1024M id=160 > da0s3 1024M id=165 FreeBSD > > I have installed 3.0 into da0s3 and it seems OK. > > When I try to install into da0s2 I change the slice id (in the FreeBSD > slice editor the installation floppy starts) to 165. When I get to > the FreeBSD Disklabel Editor and try to create a 64MB root filesystem > it says > > "This region cannot be used for your root partition as the FreeBSD boot > code cannot deal with a root partition created in that location." > > What is the problem ? > > I have tried setting the id of slice da0s3 to 160 so the installation > does not see the existing copy of FreeBSD but this does not help. > > Thanks, > Ian. > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > E-mail: Ian Edwards <ian@concerto.demon.co.uk> > Date: 11-Jun-99 Time: 12:17:28 > > Early Music Record Labels - http://www.concerto.demon.co.uk/ > The 'ups' debugger for C/C++ - http://www.concerto.demon.co.uk/UPS/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@alcatel.fr> Phone : (+33) 1 46 52 47 23 Home Page : http://perso.cybercable.fr/herbelot To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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