Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 10:03:06 +0000 From: Dominic Mitchell <dom@phmit.demon.co.uk> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Michael Ranner <Michael.Ranner@netway.at>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to install two FreeBSD releases a single disc? Message-ID: <E0znJz0-0002mA-00@admin> In-Reply-To: Mike Smith's message of "Mon, 07 Dec 1998 23:11:42 PST" <199812080711.XAA00834@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On 7 December 1998, Mike Smith proclaimed: > > I like to install FreeBSD 2.2.7 (2.2.8) and 3.0 on the same disc. > > Because the FreeBSD boot loader looks for the first compatibility slice, it > 's > > only possible to boot from the first installed release (first slice). > > Install the 'new' bootstrap from 3.0 on both the 2.2 and 3.0 slices. > See the 'disklabel' manpage; the new bootstrap lives in the files > /boot/boot1 and /boot/boot2 on the 3.0 install's root filesystem. And if you use the NT bootloader like I do, don't forget to update that as well (c:\bootsect.bsd), otherwise you'll end up in a right pickle... -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator ``Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.'' -- Henry Spencer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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