Subject: Re: NBSD installation
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/22/2005 07:33:49
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 03:56:00PM -0700, Jerry VanBrimmer wrote:
> My ide1 drive is already partitioned likr this:
> hdb1 Pri ext3
> hdb2 Ext
> hdb5 Logical ext3
> hdb6 Log ext3
> hdb7 Log ext3
> hdb8 Log ext3
> hdb9 Log ext3
> hdb10 Log ext3
> hdb11 Log ext3
>
> I would like to install NetBSD in hdb11. Is that possible?
Should be - provided it is big enough (a few GB is plenty for the basic
install).
> I have lilo installed in the mbr of hda. Will lilo boot NBSD installed
> in hdb11?
I've not configured lilo, but all it will need to do is read in the
first sector of the netbsd partition (chainloading?)
sysinst might try quite hard to replace lilo with the netbsd mbr code,
but I think you get to say NO...
David
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