Re: Booting 2nd(!) FreeBSD installation sitting on same disk

2012-11-04 Thread Andre Albsmeier
On Sat, 03-Nov-2012 at 23:34:48 +0100, jb wrote: > Andre Albsmeier siemens.com> writes: > > > ... > > However, when pressing F3, the system of slice 2(!) is > > loaded. This is due to the fact that boot1 always loads > > the first active FreeBSD slice ;-(. > > ... > > Is there no chance t

Re: Booting 2nd(!) FreeBSD installation sitting on same disk

2012-11-04 Thread Andre Albsmeier
On Sat, 03-Nov-2012 at 18:46:04 +0100, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Andre Albsmeier > mailto:andre.albsme...@siemens.com>> wrote: > For various reasons I have to use this disk layout: > > One harddisk with MBR and 3 slices on a i386 box: > > Slice 1: Windo

Re: Booting 2nd(!) FreeBSD installation sitting on same disk

2012-11-03 Thread jb
jb gmail.com> writes: > ... > I do not know the story of active slice in FreeBSD, but I know that neither > Windows nor Linux require active partitions (in their jargon) to boot from any > more. > Perhaps it is time to review this requirement in FreeBSD and drop it if > possible. > Opinions are

Re: Booting 2nd(!) FreeBSD installation sitting on same disk

2012-11-03 Thread jb
Andre Albsmeier siemens.com> writes: > ... > However, when pressing F3, the system of slice 2(!) is > loaded. This is due to the fact that boot1 always loads > the first active FreeBSD slice ;-(. > ... > Is there no chance to actually honour the fact that F3 was > pressed and boot from sl

Re: Booting 2nd(!) FreeBSD installation sitting on same disk

2012-11-03 Thread Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Andre Albsmeier wrote: > For various reasons I have to use this disk layout: > > One harddisk with MBR and 3 slices on a i386 box: > > Slice 1: Windows XP :-( > Slice 2: FreeBSD 7.4-STABLE V1 > Slice 3: FreeBSD 7.4-STABLE V2 > > The MBR is configured as: > > option

Booting 2nd(!) FreeBSD installation sitting on same disk

2012-11-03 Thread Andre Albsmeier
For various reasons I have to use this disk layout: One harddisk with MBR and 3 slices on a i386 box: Slice 1: Windows XP :-( Slice 2: FreeBSD 7.4-STABLE V1 Slice 3: FreeBSD 7.4-STABLE V2 The MBR is configured as: options=packet,noupdate,nosetdrv default_selection=F2 (Slice 2) When booting, I