On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:02:13AM -0400, Josh Grosse wrote: > On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:48:41 -0600, Michael wrote > > When 4.6 is released, I'll be upgrading my system to it. > > I am curious if it is possible to run 4.6 and current on the same harddrive? > > I would like to play with current for learning. I thought I read > > somewhere about doing that, but can't find the info. I've searched > > Marc, the faq, daemonforums, but can't find it. Maybe I'm using the > > wrong words in my search? > > > > Thanks > > Keep in mind, there may only be a single "A6" MBR partition on a hard drive, > so, while using MBR partitions is one way of doing this, management of it can > be convoluted. > > I have set up multiple OpenBSD systems, allowing me to boot one or the other. > My method has been to set up the complete test environment in its own > -disklabel- partition, and select it at the boot> prompt. > > Note: the installation script expects to use the "a" partition for > installation. You can either modify the install script, or just relabel the > production system's "a" partition prior to installation. This can be done > with disklabel -e and an $EDITOR. Don't relabel your existing "a" partition > while it is mounted read/write, of course. > > > Once installed, it is easy enough to alter the test system's /etc/fstab boot > and reset the partitions back to normal with disklabel -e, once more. > > Booting the test system is as easy as: > > boot> hd0p:/bsd -a > > Then, when prompted for the root partition to mount, type "wd0p".
Thank-you again, Josh. I might have an extra hd to play with. If so, I'll try installing a "base" system of each and make it work like you suggested. That way, I won't hose my main system ;) Mike -- "Estimated amount of glucose used by an adult human brain each day, expressed in M&Ms: 250" - Harper's Index _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
