Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 16:18:17 -0600 From: "Joseph" <ginipig@earthlink.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Invalid Partition - help on setting up loader Message-ID: <003101c3cbfe$29c2cd70$6401a8c0@GINIPIG> References: <005401c3cbc5$8cc08950$6401a8c0@GINIPIG>
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Following up on my own question: I've been browsing the net for any
pertinent information
Most of the results I've found indicate that Freebsd Partitions are booted
from their first partition.
For instance, my 0:ad(2,e)/boot/loader workaround can't be deployed
permanently. Apparently I should have created a ad0s2a partition in order to
get things working. My researching into boot0cfg, disklabel ( I guess those
are the only binaries pertinent to my situation. I'm not interested in
running lilo, or grub, as I want to make certain that ufs2 is widely tested
first.
If I'm wrong - and I hope that I am, could somebody comment on this?
Thanks in advance :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph" <ginipig@earthlink.net>
To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 9:33 AM
Subject: Invalid Partition - help on setting up loader
Hi list. Merry Christmas!!
This is my first post on a Freebsd Mailing List, so don't be too harsh on me
if my ettiquette isn't acceptable.
Ok, I guess I'll get to the heart of this post:
I'm trying to figure out how to boot 5-releng-1 alongside my 4-stable slice.
After a surprisingly successful buildworld/kernel, installworld, I used
/stand/sysinstall to fdisk/disklabel the appropriate partitions. By the way,
both slices exist on the same disk.
Booting to stable was fine, however, booting to current gave me:
invalid partion
I was, however, able to get it to work, when I pointed the boot to
0:ad(2,e)/boot/loader (which is the location of my current's root
partition.)
I'm happy with how my current installation went, but I may have missed a
crucial step along the way.
Any advice welcome
[edit] I was referred here from the newbies list. Go figure.
If this isn't a newb question, what is?
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