Subject: Re: running netbsd 1.3.2 && 1.4 on the same machine?
To: Xiaoqiao Li <xqli@cs.wustl.edu>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/30/1999 15:00:52
	You should be able to do it by setting two partitions - with
	with an ID of 165 (for 1.3.2) and one with 169 (for 1.4).

	If you have a spare drive then its probably easiest to install
	one per disk (and cross mount filesystems as needed after boot).

		David/absolute

                 -=-  "You can have my absence of faith"  -=-

On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Xiaoqiao Li wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to run netbsd 1.3.2 && 1.4 on the same machine 'cause I want
> to port some legacy code from netbsd 1.3.2 to 1.4. Is it possible to run
> multi-version netbsd on the same machine? If it is, how do I do that?  
> 
> I realize that there might be issue about boot partition, i.e., netbsd 
> might use fixed boot partition location so that multi-version netbsd boot 
> partitions overlap each other. 
> 
> thanks.
> 
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