From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 27 03:06:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 150CD16A400 for ; Sun, 27 May 2007 03:06:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E769F13C45D for ; Sun, 27 May 2007 03:06:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.141] (may be forged)) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l4R36Rhp000487 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 26 May 2007 20:06:27 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-67-166-149-71.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.166.149.71]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l4R36QNw027938 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 26 May 2007 20:06:26 -0700 Message-ID: <4658F5DA.1060907@u.washington.edu> Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 20:07:06 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dmw@unete.cl References: <200705262114.20350.dmw@unete.cl> <4658DDEA.4090204@u.washington.edu> <200705262154.11782.dmw@unete.cl> In-Reply-To: <200705262154.11782.dmw@unete.cl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.5.26.194733 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: working on -CURRENT from -STABLE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 03:06:28 -0000 Daniel Molina Wegener wrote: > On Saturday 26 May 2007 21:24:58 Garrett Cooper wrote: >> Daniel Molina Wegener wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> How can I install -CURRENT from -STABLE and work on >>> -CURRENT code from -STABLE? >>> >>> Regards, >> Simply put that's not possible to set it up and work on >> -CURRENT code, if you need to test CURRENT, because the >> userland and kernel get installed in the same spots. >> >> It's much wiser to just install CURRENT and STABLE on >> separate partitions / disks and work from there, if you don't >> have access to virtual machines. > > Thanks, now... what can I use as virtual machine?. I mean, I > need something with write access to the virtual machine > filesystem, to work on the -CURRENT code from -STABLE, I think > that I will be losing time compiling editors (emacs) and user > environments two times (Xorg, KDE, etc.). > >> -Garrett >> [SNIP] > > Regards, Yes, that's unfortunately true (about having to build things twice). Many people have had good luck with qemu, even though I haven't gotten it to work properly. Oh well, just might be me.. You should be able to setup fileserving across a virtual network though with NFS -- that should accomplish everything you want. Just make sure to unmount the shares before turning off the virtual machine or setup amd, or your host PC will hang while it's trying to access the share! -Garrett