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. -- 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
