On Sunday, February 17, 2002, at 07:20 AM, Julio Merino wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I'm planning to install NetBSD and FreeBSD on the same disk (currently
> they are on two different). The thing is that I would like to share
> /home and swap, also in the same disk.
>
> My question... where should I place those two partitions? In NetBSD's
> disklabel or FreeBSD's one? Let me say some things:
> - If I add those two partitions to FreeBSD's disklabel, I'll have to
>   add them by hand in NetBSD's disklabel, right?
> - If I add those two partitions to NetBSD's disklabel, FreeBSD will be
>   able to access them directly, though it will give some weird
>   warnings.
>
> Second option is simpler, but first is cooler ;) What would you do?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Of course it runs NetBSD - http://www.netbsd.org
> Julio Merino <slink@unixbsd.org>
>
	I would put the NetBSD swap on the FreeBSD disk and put the FreeBSD 
swap on the NetBSD disk.  Swap partitions have worked better for me when 
laid out in this fashion.  Or maybe put both NetBSD and FreeBSD on one 
disk, with the Swap partition on another.  That way, again, both can 
take advantage of Swap being on a seperate disk, with your /home 
partition being shared on the same disk.
     	I'm not sure what you mean about the disklabels though.  I figure 
each, Net and Free, would have their own slice on one disk.  You'd carve 
up each slice into partitions making sure that you label the /home 
partition for each as the same.  As far as the weird warnings, you mean 
FreeBSD recognizing NetBSD partitions as old style FreeBSD partions, 
right?( or is it vice versa )

Ian

Of course it runs NetBSD
www.netbsd.org


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