Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:18:23 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1009424247.066d87@mired.org>, hawkeyd@visi.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two FreeBSD slices on one HDD? Message-ID: <20011223121823.H88202@monorchid.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10112212335420.47613-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> References: <15395.65527.65231.234995@guru.mired.org> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10112212335420.47613-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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On Friday, 21 December 2001 at 23:41:15 -0800, Annelise Anderson wrote: > 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). No, this is incorrect. Booteasy gives you a choice. See my previous message. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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