Roelof Osinga wrote:
>
> "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote:
> >
> > mount wd0a /mnt? Is it too much typing for you?
>
> And then they tell *me* to stop being sarcastic! HAH! Since when, pray
> tell, does root reside below mnt?
/me sighs
mount wd0a /mnt
mount /mnt/dev/wd... /...
chroot /mnt
> > You mean two _slices_, one on the first 1024, and the other at the
> > end of the disk containing the usual _partitions_ (FreeBSD
> > terminoloy -- not getting religious here, just clarifying)? This is
> > a common work-around.
>
> Nope, I mean two *partitions*. You see, *I* did RTFM.
>
> FYI what you suggest is nonsense. Won't work since that is not the
> way things work. Would work in, say, Linux, not in FreeBSD. Nor, I
> think but it's been awhile, in OpenBSD.
Sure it works. Eg:
First slice: FreeBSD on low cylinders
Second slice: Other Operating System
Third slice: FreeBSD on high cylinders
mount /dev/wd0s1a /
mount -t whatever /dev/wd0s2 /otheroperatingsystem
mount /dev/wd0s3f /usr
mount /dev/wd0s3... ...
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