From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 1 16:58:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA24489 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 1 Jan 1998 16:58:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA24481 for ; Thu, 1 Jan 1998 16:57:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA00322; Fri, 2 Jan 1998 11:21:08 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801020051.LAA00322@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Niall Smart" cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing -current and -stable on the same disk In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Jan 1998 23:22:40 -0000." <19980101232240.1366.qmail@ginseng.indigo.ie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 02 Jan 1998 11:21:07 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > On Jan 1, 2:51pm, "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: > } Subject: Re: Installing -current and -stable on the same disk > > > 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? > > > > Nope. The boot code will find and boot from the first 0xa5 type > > partition found. > > Crap :( Is this (silly) limitation restricted to the boot code only > or do you know if it has been made in many places? How else would you propose to get around it? Note that this limitation applies to most operating systems on the PC. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\