On September 5, 2009 06:21:21 pm 牛粥 wrote: > At Sat, 5 Sep 2009 17:17:15 +0100, > > Frank Mitchell wrote: > > Hi: > > > > Recently I installed NetBSD, then found FreeBSD wouldn't start. I had > > this problem before and believed it was due to a bug in the NetBSD Boot > > Selector, which I avoided installing. But this time it looked as if my > > FreeBSD Partition got wiped completely. > > > > Re-trying, it looked like NetBSD spotted the FreeBSD FFSv2 Partition and > > decided to assign it a Mount Point of "/". This is listed if you look > > closely under "NetBSD Disklabel Partitions... last chance to change". I > > edited that Mount Point away and afterwards my (reinstalled) FreeBSD was > > still present. > > > > Hey, I'm glad I keep my Data on a separate Partition. Am I the only guy > > who didn't know about this? > > Welcome! > > Personally i don't use dual booting. All operating system is in > primary master. Whenever special operating system is needed, i changed > that physicially hand by hand. It is safe for me, anyway ..;; > > Sincerely,
Agreed. I much prefer disk caddies for a desktop machine. I had a bad day a few years ago when I wiped out an entire dual-boot FreeBSD/Windows disk with a careless use of fdisk. -- Mike Jeays http://www.jeays.ca http://www.rotarycpmm.ca _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
