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Date:      Thu, 1 Jan 1998 21:40:58 +0000
From:      "Niall Smart" <rotel@indigo.ie>
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Installing -current and -stable on the same disk
Message-ID:  <19980101214059.496.qmail@ginseng.indigo.ie>
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Hi,

I'm interested in installing -current and -stable on the same disk.  But
around lines 901 of release/sysinstall/label.c:

if ((flags & CHUNK_IS_ROOT)) {
	if (!(label_chunk_info[here].c->flags & CHUNK_BSD_COMPAT)) {
		msgConfirm("This region cannot be used for your root partition as the\n"
		   "FreeBSD boot code cannot deal with a root partition created\n"
		   "in that location.  Please choose another location or smaller\n"
		   "size for your root partition and try again!");

I understand that the BSD_COMPAT flag is set for the first FreeBSD fdisk
partition. Is that correct?  Is there anyway to install -current and
-stable on the same disk, apart from using fdisk to hide one from the
other in between reboots?


Thanks

Niall

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