From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 8 06:59:01 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 560F516A41C for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 06:59:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tarc@tarc.po.cs.msu.su) Received: from tarc.po.cs.msu.su (tarc.po.cs.msu.su [158.250.16.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE3C743D48 for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 06:59:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tarc@tarc.po.cs.msu.su) Received: from tarc.po.cs.msu.su (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tarc.po.cs.msu.su (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j586woBE023220; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 10:58:50 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from tarc@tarc.po.cs.msu.su) Received: (from tarc@localhost) by tarc.po.cs.msu.su (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j586wnsF023219; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 10:58:49 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from tarc) Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 10:58:36 +0400 From: Tarc To: Clarence Chu Message-ID: <20050608065836.GA22981@tarc.po.cs.msu.su> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: freebsd-current Subject: Re: 5.4-release + 6.0-current on the same disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 06:59:01 -0000 If it is actual today, you can play with loader.conf options (so write own beastie menu) and the kernel option ROOTDEVNAME. On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 05:50:25AM +0800, Clarence Chu wrote: > > hi there, > > i wish to install 5.4-p? and 6.0-current (to be release) on the same disk > of a single > machine for to test the 6-0-current. > > however, the disklabel of the recent 6.0-current resist to co-operate with > that of > the 5.4-p?. i.e. when i have installed 5.4-p?, and then 6.0-current, > disklabel information > would be lost. > > i had "cd /usr/src/release; make release ........" to produce both install > and boot > CDs for 6-0-current of i386 and amd64 and tried installing for co-existence > of the > 5.4-release partitions, in vain: everytime i install the 6.0-current, the > disklabel > on the 5.4-p? were erased. > > should any kind folks please indicate the way to make them co-exist on the > same machine? > > best regards, > > clarence chu -- Best regards, Arseny Nasokin