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Date:      Wed, 25 Jun 2003 15:51:12 +0800
From:      Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: boot with GRUB - SOLVED
Message-ID:  <20030625155112.48096b03.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030625005233.GF46908@dan.emsphone.com>
References:  <20030625055048.1671416d.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> <m3isqvnmza.fsf@borg.borderworlds.dk> <20030625063021.2d6cfe00.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> <20030625005233.GF46908@dan.emsphone.com>

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On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 19:52:33 -0500
Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote:

> In the last episode (Jun 25), Robert Storey said:
> > On 25 Jun 2003 00:12:57 +0200 Christian Laursen <xi@borderworlds.dk>
> > wrote:
> > > Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> writes:
> > > > When I had 5.0, I could easily boot FBSD from GRUB using these
> > > > settings in my Linux's /boot/grub/menu.lst file:
> > > > 
> > > >   title FreeBSD
> > > >   root (hd0,1,a)
> > > >   kernel /boot/loader
> > > >   boot
> > > > 
> > > > These settings no longer work, and I get an error message that
> > > > Linux does not recognize this (FBSD's) filesystem.
> > > 

> Another thing to try is chaining to the bootblock on the FreeBSD
> partition.  Use "rootnoverify (hd0,1)", then "chainloader +1", then
> "boot".

Dear Dan,

Thanks, that worked superbly!

regards,
Robert



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