Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 11:20:38 -0800 (PST) From: Dorin H <bj93542@yahoo.com> To: Joseph <ginipig@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Invalid Partition - help on setting up loader Message-ID: <20031227192038.20993.qmail@span.corp.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <005401c3cbc5$8cc08950$6401a8c0@GINIPIG>
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--- Joseph <ginipig@earthlink.net> wrote: > 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.) > The FreeBSD boot process wants to use "a" partition from active slice by default. You can try set rootdev in /boot/loader.conf to your / partition. Please see the archives, this issues have been discussed before. If the error persists, check which slice is marked active in PT. HTH, /Dorin. > 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? > PS. Running 5.x and 4.x on same disk is not just a walk in the park :). Good luck > _______________________________________________ > 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" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/
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