Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 23:41:15 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1009424247.066d87@mired.org> Cc: hawkeyd@visi.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two FreeBSD slices on one HDD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10112212335420.47613-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <15395.65527.65231.234995@guru.mired.org>
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On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com> types: > > On Dec 21, at 02:35 PM, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > I can't answer that. I built my two-BSD hd from sources and installed > > > that way. > > Please elaborate. You had to 'newfs' the partitions, right? Then, what, > > copy the sources into the /usr mountpoint, and build the OS? With what > > development tools; it's a new slice?? > > > > Oh! Wait. You installed the second OS while running the existing OS, > > right? I don't think I wanna go that route if I don't have to. > > Exactly. I had a running -stable system, took a second slice, labeled > and newfsed it, then cvsup'ed -current sources onto what would > eventually be /usr/src. Build and install that with DESTDIR set to > /mnt. There was one last bit to do to install /boot/loader, but that > was pretty much it. > > > > > Then, will, bootEZ will see both FreeBSD partitions, and allow booting > > > > either? This I haven't found an answer to. My experience with booteasy is that it boots from the first / partition it finds, and that some other boot manager (I use System Commander for this) is necessary to distinguish them (set one bootable rather than the other, I think). However, maybe I didn't install booteasy again or whatever (or something has changed). I've heard that GRUB will work in this situation, though. I have one system that runs either -stable or -current from a second hard drive and a "scratch" install of FreeBSD from the first hard drive, and I often mount all the partitions; and have a some swap on each hard drive. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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