Date: 23 Dec 2003 20:24:34 +0100 From: Jaroslaw Nozderko <jarek@eko.net.pl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual-boot does not work with GRUB Message-ID: <1072207474.1041.15.camel@skorpion> In-Reply-To: <opr0l44bv30cf2rk@mail.messagingengine.com> References: <1072140766.1057.20.camel@skorpion> <20031223005816.GA74913@seekingfire.com> <opr0l44bv30cf2rk@mail.messagingengine.com>
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Hi Jud, Tillman, Bill, > On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:58:16 -0600, Tillman Hodgson > <tillman@seekingfire.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 01:52:46AM +0100, Jaroslaw Nozderko wrote: > >> I've got the following error: > >> > >> Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 > >> Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition > >> > >> Does GRUB have some problems with FreeBSD partition ? > > > > I recently ran into the same problem - I found the solution in an > > archived posting to the bug-grub@ mailing list (from Sergey Matveychuk > > on Sep 25 2003, if you're interested). > > > > Try this: > > > > rootnoverify (hd0,1) > > chainloader +1 > > Is your root partition UFS2? GRUB does not understand UFS2 yet as far as > I know, so you may need to chainload as in the above example. > > Jud Yes, it's UFS2, so probably that was a reason. rootnoverify (hd0,1) fails: Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format Fortunately, rootnoverify (hd0,2) chainloader +1 finally works ! Slices are: swap 1 GB ad0s3b /home1 1 GB ad0s3d / 28 GB ad0s3a Why 2, not 1 ? I'm a little bit confused. Anyway, thanks a lot for your help. Regards, Jarek
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