Subject: re: dual-boot solaris/netbsd and vtoc/disklabel
To: salo <salo@Xtrmntr.org>
From: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
List: port-sparc
Date: 09/06/2001 02:40:20
i am just testing dual-boot Solaris/NetBSD installation on SPARCstation 5.
i first installed Solaris, i partitioned my disk with 'format' to slices, first
one for Solaris, second for Solaris's swap, (third is whole disk), fourth and
fifth i just created but left as unassigned. then i installed Solaris.
after this i netbooted NetBSD, created disklabel in according to my previous
Solaris vtoc: first and second slice i left unused, fourth as bsdroot and
fifth as bsd swap.
the problem i am fighting with is that NetBSD overwrites Solaris's vtoc with
its disklabel and vice versa, so when i boot to Solaris again, disk is
unlabelled. if i create new vtoc identical as first one, NetBSD will lose its
disklabel..
does any solution for this case exist?
you shouldn't need to use `disklabel' under netbsd at all. however,
i'm not sure the install program in the 1.5 releases will let you do
this... i believe i only added that option after 1.5 branched. you
could do a manual install from solaris. see the web pages or the
INSTALL.txt document for details.
also, you can 'share' bsd & solaris swap, so don't bother burning an
extra partition for this...
.mrg.