5.4-release + 6.0-current on the same disk

[Tarc]

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
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