Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 14:57:06 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Oliver Wilson <owilson@cam.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does any one know if this will work? Message-ID: <32E4BD22.2E65@barcode.co.il> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970119205233.6258B-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il> <32E42628.41C67EA6@cam.org>
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Oliver Wilson wrote: > > Nadav Eiron wrote: > > > > On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Oliver Wilson wrote: > > > > > Nadav Eiron wrote: > > > [snip] > > > > DISCLAIMER: I've never tried it and I take no responsibility for any loss > > of data or functionality. Proceed at your own risk! > > > > Anyone ever had any experience with such a procedure? > > > > Nadav > > While using the partition editor to create the FreeBSD slice from the > DOS partition, should you set it as bootable? I'm thinking that the boot > (active) flag is what determines what slice FreeBSD will boot from. If > one chose not to set the slice as bootable, and bypassed the BootMGR > setup, shouldn't the system boot from the original FreeBSD slice, which > will be physically after the new FreeBSD slice? > > I really would like to know! I've never tried it. If you *really* want to know, I guess you (or someone) will have to try it (tried it before?). However, see disclaimer above. > > Oliver Wilson > - > ¥ Nadav
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