Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 21:23:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: dual booting current/stable on x86? Message-ID: <15647.44810.349831.994344@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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How do I dual boot -current and -stable from different slices on the
same IDE disk? (and linux too.)
When I tell lilo to boot "hde3", I get the -stable boot2 and
/boot/loader from "hde2" (ad4s2a). I can then monkey around setting
currdev and hints and unloading the -stable kernel & then boot
-current, but I'd like to just pop right into -current on ad4s3a if I
choose it.
Is there a magic bullet? I'd like to continue using lilo so that I
can choose what OS to load via a serial console..
Thanks,
Drew
The data for partition 1 is:
sysid 131 (0x83),(Linux native)
start 63, size 10522512 (5137 Meg), flag 0
beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1;
end: cyl 654/ head 254/ sector 63
The data for partition 2 is: <<<--- STABLE
sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
start 12578895, size 12562830 (6134 Meg), flag 80 (active)
beg: cyl 783/ head 0/ sector 1;
end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63
The data for partition 3 is: <<<--- CURRENT
sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
start 25141725, size 13960485 (6816 Meg), flag 80 (active)
beg: cyl 1023/ head 255/ sector 63;
end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63
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