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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Any way to reclaim 1st dsk slice for FreeBSD, boot from second? Date: 27 Aug 1996 17:39:11 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4vv8bg$mk@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <3221E19F.2EDB@american.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Josh Littlefield (josh@american.com) wrote: : I made the apparent mistake of originally installing FreeBSD on the : second slice of my disk, reserving space in the first slice for a DOS : partition for dual booting. Now I've decided I'd like to make that : first slice available for FreeBSD, but find that FreeBSD insists on : booting from the first FreeBSD slice on the disk -- and my bootable : slice is the second. This turns out to be documented on the boot : manpage. : Is there any workaround beside backing up, repartitioning, and restoring : my disk? Use fdisk to copy the 1st slice entry to the 3rd and delete the 1st. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....