Invalid Partition - help on setting up loader

[Dorin H]

--- Joseph <ginipig at 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

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