Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 16:39:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Ev Batey <efb@cotdazr.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What IF, never learned, 205 disk on New 226+ host Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807201638360.16885-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <35B25B38.956C7175@cotdazr.org>
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On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Ev Batey wrote: > What should I expect for a result if I disconnected my F.Bsd_205 (root) > disk .. installed a new 2-4Gb disk and brought up 226+, then remounted > (or tried to remount) my old root 205 disk to copy back partitions I > want > or even permanently reconnected /home..etc from OLD .. such as .. > > Better yet .. is it possible to modify the native 205 boot disk selector > to > go to a new disk or to the old disk as the boot device . . ??? Allow > either to mount pieces of the others (slices) ?? The filesystem hasn't changed from 2.0.5 to current, so it should mount fine. You can't easily dual-boot between FreeBSDs on the same computer due to the boot block design. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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