Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 23:11:42 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Michael Ranner <Michael.Ranner@netway.at> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to install two FreeBSD releases a single disc? Message-ID: <199812080711.XAA00834@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 06 Dec 1998 11:59:39 %2B0100." <XFMail.981206115939.Michael.Ranner@netway.at>
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> I like to install FreeBSD 2.2.7 (2.2.8) and 3.0 on the same disc. > Because the FreeBSD boot loader looks for the first compatibility slice, it's > only possible to boot from the first installed release (first slice). Install the 'new' bootstrap from 3.0 on both the 2.2 and 3.0 slices. See the 'disklabel' manpage; the new bootstrap lives in the files /boot/boot1 and /boot/boot2 on the 3.0 install's root filesystem. -- \\ 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. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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