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Date:      Sun, 22 Mar 1998 23:41:01 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Michael Porter <ocean@wavefront.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Running 3.0 and 2.2.5
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980322234020.12642W-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3513737A.90950C93@wavefront.com>

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On Sat, 21 Mar 1998, Michael Porter wrote:

> Sorry if this is a re-post.  I send a letter like this about 6 hours
> ago, but haven't seen it posted.  I was having problems before wih my
> server, so I think it got munched
> 
> I want to run 3.0 on my system, and retain my 2.2.5.
> Can I install 3.0 with a root on another slice, and use the same /usr??
> That way, I could default boot from wd0s1 /kernel (2.2.5) and opt to
> boot from wd0s2 /kernel (3.0)
> or something like that.

You will have a heck of a time booting it -- our bootblocks don't allow
you to specify what slice you want on a disk, it just picks the first type
165 one it finds.

/usr reuse is probably asking for trouble -- ps and top will explode and
things will complain about wrong libraries.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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