Re: Deleting Extra Partitions & installing a second FreeBSD
On Wednesday 24 November 2004 03:11, Lucas Holt wrote: >... > First, I want to delete the dell partition and merge it into the > windows partition. Are there any hurdles with freebsd in doing this? > Do i need to change any boot config options for freebsd to find itself > if I do this? This will, of course, change the slice numbers for the rest of the disk. You can probably get away with editing fstab and checking loader.conf for any overrides with device names, but is it really worth it. Any partion editing carries the risk of corruption and this partition is just 1/2000 of the disk space. > Second, I'd like to install a second freebsd installation for > development and testing purposes on the second hard drive (disk1). > Most likely i'll install 5.3 and upgrade to 6-Current. Are there any > issues I should be aware of in booting off a second disk or with two > copies of freebsd on the same system? I did this recently when I installed 5.3 on a new slice, and it was entirely straightforward. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Deleting Extra Partitions & installing a second FreeBSD
My computer has the following partition scheme. Disk 0: (80 gig) 40MB Dell Utility Partition (fat) 48GB Windows XP Pro (NTFS) (remaining) FreeBSD 5.3 Release Disk 1: (40 gig) Full disk allocated to an NTFS volume for file storage I am using system commander 8.1 as a boot loader which is installed in the windows NTFS volume I would like to accomplish two things. First, I want to delete the dell partition and merge it into the windows partition. Are there any hurdles with freebsd in doing this? Do i need to change any boot config options for freebsd to find itself if I do this? Second, I'd like to install a second freebsd installation for development and testing purposes on the second hard drive (disk1). Most likely i'll install 5.3 and upgrade to 6-Current. Are there any issues I should be aware of in booting off a second disk or with two copies of freebsd on the same system? I know its possible to do it, just want to check on surprises first! Thanks in advance! Lucas Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) JustJournal.com (Free blogging) ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
