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
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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.
>
> Xiaoqiao Li xqli@cs.wustl.edu
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