Re: Multiple OpenBSD systems on the same disk

[tedu <grendel@zeitbombe.org>]

On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 ed@overminder.com wrote:

> I'm trying to put 2 OpenBSD systems on my laptop, sharing the unique
disk. I have tryed creating 2 different A6 partition and setting disk
boundaries during install, but every time, at boot I get the last system
I've installed.

I don't think that's the right approach.  Some of the tools/bootloaders
might get confused.

> However I also tryed to setup one big A6 partition and working with
disklabel, but nothing...
> How could I boot a system if the root belong to the other ?

Install as normal, but leave some space free.  Once you have one system
setup, you can edit the disklabel, create more partitions, newfs them, and
untar the base sets.  Edit the fstab as appropriate on your new "root".
You don't want to run installboot.  Instead, at the boot prompt, type in
the location of the second kernel.  You can even use the same kernel if
you boot -a.

HTH



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