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How do I start Firefox using two different profiles at the same time?

I have two profiles (profileA, profileB).

firefox -P profileA
firefox -P profileB

I would like to start two Firefox instances with different profiles. The above commands don't seem to work. What am I missing here?

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firefox -no-remote -P profile_name seems to work – Joshua Jul 29 '11 at 4:36
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so have you answered your question? if so, do that as an answer and accept it :) – nik Jul 29 '11 at 5:57
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