On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:48:41 -0600, Michael wrote > When 4.6 is released, I'll be upgrading my system to it. > I am curious if it is possible to run 4.6 and current on the same harddrive? > I would like to play with current for learning. I thought I read > somewhere about doing that, but can't find the info. I've searched > Marc, the faq, daemonforums, but can't find it. Maybe I'm using the > wrong words in my search? > > Thanks
Keep in mind, there may only be a single "A6" MBR partition on a hard drive, so, while using MBR partitions is one way of doing this, management of it can be convoluted. I have set up multiple OpenBSD systems, allowing me to boot one or the other. My method has been to set up the complete test environment in its own -disklabel- partition, and select it at the boot> prompt. Note: the installation script expects to use the "a" partition for installation. You can either modify the install script, or just relabel the production system's "a" partition prior to installation. This can be done with disklabel -e and an $EDITOR. Don't relabel your existing "a" partition while it is mounted read/write, of course. Once installed, it is easy enough to alter the test system's /etc/fstab boot and reset the partitions back to normal with disklabel -e, once more. Booting the test system is as easy as: boot> hd0p:/bsd -a Then, when prompted for the root partition to mount, type "wd0p". _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
