From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 14:25:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D422116A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 14:25:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from cardinal.mail.pas.earthlink.net (cardinal.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.121.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48DE743D45 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 14:25:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ginipig@earthlink.net) Received: from user-12hc6vb.cable.mindspring.com ([69.22.27.235] helo=GINIPIG) by cardinal.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1Aa0OZ-00061J-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 14:25:23 -0800 Message-ID: <003101c3cbfe$29c2cd70$6401a8c0@GINIPIG> From: "Joseph" To: References: <005401c3cbc5$8cc08950$6401a8c0@GINIPIG> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 16:18:17 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: Re: Invalid Partition - help on setting up loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 22:25:32 -0000 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" To: 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? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"