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Date:      Tue, 09 Nov 1999 00:47:14 +0900
From:      "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To:        Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: easyboot far into disk
Message-ID:  <3826F082.1CDFAC78@newsguy.com>
References:  <199911062057.MAA07266@dingo.cdrom.com> <3825A36E.5920209D@nisser.com> <382682AE.86B03706@newsguy.com> <3826DD4C.9BD9E93@nisser.com> <3826EBF5.6FD7794D@newsguy.com> <3826EEF6.4F676BCD@nisser.com>

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Roelof Osinga wrote:
> 
> "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote:
> >
> > mount wd0a /mnt? Is it too much typing for you?
> 
> And then they tell *me* to stop being sarcastic! HAH! Since when, pray
> tell, does root reside below mnt?

/me sighs

mount wd0a /mnt
mount /mnt/dev/wd... /...
chroot /mnt

> > You mean two _slices_, one on the first 1024, and the other at the
> > end of the disk containing the usual _partitions_ (FreeBSD
> > terminoloy -- not getting religious here, just clarifying)? This is
> > a common work-around.
> 
> Nope, I mean two *partitions*. You see, *I* did RTFM.
> 
> FYI what you suggest is nonsense. Won't work since that is not the
> way things work. Would work in, say, Linux, not in FreeBSD. Nor, I
> think but it's been awhile, in OpenBSD.

Sure it works. Eg:

First slice: FreeBSD on low cylinders
Second slice: Other Operating System
Third slice: FreeBSD on high cylinders

mount /dev/wd0s1a /
mount -t whatever /dev/wd0s2 /otheroperatingsystem
mount /dev/wd0s3f /usr
mount /dev/wd0s3... ...

--
Daniel C. Sobral			(8-DCS)
dcs@newsguy.com
dcs@freebsd.org

	What y'all wanna do?
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