Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 08:11:19 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: "Alain G. Fabry" <alainfabry@belgacom.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning question Message-ID: <20070809121119.GA79394@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070809065736.GA15402@ducati-748.3rdrock.kicks-ass.net> References: <20070809065736.GA15402@ducati-748.3rdrock.kicks-ass.net>
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On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 08:57:36AM +0200, Alain G. Fabry wrote: > Hello, > > I've partitioned my HD into 3 partitions. > > One is currently running FreeBSD6.2, the second has my data files (home > directories). > On the third I would like to install FreeBSD-current to play around a > bit and get more familiar with the OS. > > Is it possible after the installation of current on the 3rd partition > that I can use my data files > (home directories) without messing up the permissions/etc? > > So finally I would like to have Multiboot (FreeBSD 6.2 and Current) which > both use the same userspace (second partition) Sure, no problem. Just make a mount point for it and put it in /etc/fstab in both versions. Note, that I believe you are speaking of 'slices' when you say 'partition'. In FreeBSD UNIX world, the slice is the major division on the disk that is numbered 1..4 and a partition is a subdivision of a slice, labeled a..h. So, maybe your have 6.2 installed in da0s1[a..h] and that extra data written to da0s2a and plan to install 'current' to da0s3[a..h]. ////jerry > > Please let me know if this is not clear. Other than the possible conflicting use of the term partition, it is clear. ////jerry > > Thanks, > > Alain >
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