Subject: 2 bootable NetBSD partitions?
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: None <brook@biology.nmsu.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/01/2002 11:28:13
I would like to have 2 bootable MBR partitions for NetBSD (ID 169) on
one disk: one for the -release version and one for -current. Are
there any problems with such a setup?
I presume I can do the following to make it work. Is this correct?
- create two MBR partitions
- designate each as partitions in the NetBSD disklabel
- install the OS in each
- the kernels must code their root filesystems to refer specifically
to the appropriate partitions, e.g.,
config netbsd root on wd0a type ffs # one kernel
config netbsd root on wd0h type ffs # other kernel
Have I missed anything?
Cheers,
Brook