Cillian Sharkey wrote:
>
> > This works, but has the restriction that I have to enter a command line
> > at the boot prompt to boot one of the two. I would much prefer
> > partitions, as I can use a boot selector instead, and also change the
> > default as appropriate.
>
> If you do have the installations in two seperate slices on the one disk,
> you should be able to use a boot selector to boot which ever slice you
> want.
Boot selector programs like os-bs work with partitions, not disk slices.
That's why I wanted separate partitions. At the moment I have os-bs
installed but it will only get me as far as a BSD boot. I then have to
quickly hit a key and enter:
0:wd(0,c)/kernel
to boot 2.2.8 (3.2 will boot by default).
I have only a couple of seconds to hit a key to get this right, and
no way (that I know of) to change the default. So it works, but not like
I'd like it to.
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