From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 7 00:08:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA01050 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 00:08:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alcatel.fr (news2.alcatel.fr [194.133.58.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA01044 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 00:07:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr) From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr Received: from alcatel.fr (gatekeeper-ssn.alcatel.fr [155.132.180.244]) by mailgate.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP) with ESMTP id KAA09115; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 10:06:17 +0100 Received: from lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (lune.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.144.65]) by aifhs2.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with ESMTP id JAA16652; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 09:05:05 +0100 (MET) Received: from telss1 (telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.51.4]) by lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id IAA00145; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 08:59:09 +0100 (MET) Received: from telspace.alcatel.fr by telss1 (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA21560; Mon, 7 Dec 98 09:03:36 +0100 Received: from localhost by telspace.alcatel.fr with SMTP (1.40.112.12/16.2) id AA034847362; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 08:56:02 +0100 X-Openmail-Hops: 1 Date: Mon, 7 Dec 98 08:55:52 +0100 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: Subject: How to install two FreeBSD's on one disc? Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Michael.Ranner@netway.at Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="How" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="How" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, You just can't for the moment have two FreeBSD on the same disk. There is an evolution for the bootloader to allow such a combination, but it is neither in 2.2.8 nor in 3.0 TfH PS : I was also burned by this "limitation" > > How can I install Relase 2.2.7 and Release 3.0 on one IDE disc. > > I've installed 2.2.7 and 3.0 and now I can only boot from the first slice. > > Is there known workaround? Could I temporary modify the disklabels or fdisk > information to boot from another slice on the same disk? > > Regards > > Mike > > /\/\ichael Ranner - Michael.Ranner@netway.at - webmaster@mariazell.org > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Homepage: http://www.netlounge.at/mranner/ > Mariazell Online: http://www.mariazell.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > * Real Programmers work for Los Alamos National Laboratory, writing > atomic bomb simulations to run on Cray YMP supercomputers. > > * Real Programmers work for the National Security Agency, decoding > Russian transmissions. > > * Real Programmers are at work for Boeing designing the operating > systems for cruise missiles. > > ------------------------ END OF TRANSMISSION ------------------------- > > 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