Re: 5.4-release + 6.0-current on the same disk

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