Cillian Sharkey wrote: > > >I am trying to install both 2.2.8 and 3.2 on a single 17Gb HDD, but > >am not having much luck. I have tried several approaches, in particular > >creating four partitions, the first two for the respective root slices, > >the third for swap, and the fourth for the remaining slices. If I create > >the first two partitions as small as 50Mb, sysinstall still complains > >that it can't make a root slice in the second partition as the boot > >loader can't deal with that location. If I create the /usr and /var > >slices for the second OS and then say `Use defaults for all' it creates > >a 32MB root slice in the second partition, so that seems to get around > >the problem, but I can't boot this after the install is done. > > Not too sure what exactly you're trying to do here -but how about > creating a separate > *slice* for the two versions, then go install one version into one > slice, carve > that slice up into partitions (one for root /usr swap etc.) reboot, then > go install > the other version into the other slice, carve it up into partitions etc.
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. > Hope this helps, but why do you want 2.2.8 ? 3.2 is much better :) I have system software (including kernel hacks) written on 2.2.7 that needs to be ported to 2.2.8 and 3.2, for different reasons. -- Dr Graham Wheeler E-mail: g...@cequrux.com Cequrux Technologies Phone: +27(21)423-6065/6/7 Firewalls/Virtual Private Networks Fax: +27(21)24-3656 Data/Network Security Specialists WWW: http://www.cequrux.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
