From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 07:40:17 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 B936B16A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 07:40:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from goose.mail.pas.earthlink.net (goose.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BD5143D1D for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 07:40:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ginipig@earthlink.net) Received: from user-12hc6vb.cable.mindspring.com ([69.22.27.235] helo=GINIPIG) by goose.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AZu4W-0000vd-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 07:40:16 -0800 Message-ID: <005401c3cbc5$8cc08950$6401a8c0@GINIPIG> From: "Joseph" To: Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 09:33:02 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: 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 15:40:17 -0000 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?