From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 28 08:43:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8F761065670 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:43:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from a.agarwal@jach.hawaii.edu) Received: from mailhost.jach.hawaii.edu (mailhost.jach.HAWAII.EDU [128.171.90.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC75A8FC0A for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:43:39 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:25:51 -1000 From: a.agarwal@jach.hawaii.edu To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091028082551.GA27015@uluhe.jach.hawaii.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:25:47 +0000 Subject: Installing RELEASE_8 alongside RELEASE_7 on respective slices X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:43:39 -0000 Hi there, (Please CC me as I am not currently subscribed with this address.) Currently I have RELEASE_7 installed on one slice, and have copied the file structure from there to a different slice which currently contains the RELEASE_8 source ... (Actual partition names may be different as I type them from memory.) ad4s2a / base RELEASE_7 install /{,boot,root,usr} etc. ad4s3a /current contains copy of / & RELEASE_8 source ad4s4a /misc will contain what would have gone in /{usr/ports,usr/local,home} ... swap partition is on ad4s2. While running RELEASE_7 system, I want to install RELEASE_8 such that it puts/overwrites the files in /current. How do I go about that without affecting / with RELEASE_7 installation? --