problem installing 4.7/4.8, etc

[Larry Rosenman]

--On Wednesday, June 25, 2003 11:16:33 -0400 Thomas Dickey 
<dickey at radix.net> wrote:


> Does FreeBSD still implement only one install per machine?  (Is it
> possible to install both 4.x and 5.x on the same box)
>
I have a dual-boot laptop with 4.x and 5.x.  It's very easy.


there is an article on OnLamp(IIRC) that explains it.  Basically, you 
install to 2 different fdisk partitions, and use boot0, the FreeBSD boot 
manager.

LER


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