From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 27 01:00:01 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F480106564A for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:00:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex-goncharov@comcast.net) Received: from qmta08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.80]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 244128FC08 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:00:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.12]) by qmta08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id yzET1e0040Fqzac58D01dZ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:00:01 +0000 Received: from hanssachs.home ([24.61.85.144]) by omta08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id zD001e00E36qgMk3UD01jp; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:00:01 +0000 Received: from algo by hanssachs.home with local (Exim 4.72 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1OonIV-0005ir-Jb; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:59:59 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:59:59 -0400 Message-Id: From: Alex Goncharov To: Doug Barton In-reply-to: <4C770CA9.6040408@FreeBSD.org> (message from Doug Barton on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:54:01 -0700) References: <4C76FD1B.50804@FreeBSD.org> <4C770CA9.6040408@FreeBSD.org> Sender: Alex Goncharov Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, alex-goncharov@comcast.net Subject: Re: Is there a boot manager that can handle this? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Alex Goncharov List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:00:01 -0000 ,--- I/Alex (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:13:18 -0400) ----* | title fbsd-b64 -- chainloader (hd0,2,a) | root (hd0,2,a) | chainloader +1 | title fbsd-b32 -- chainloader (hd0,3,a) | root (hd0,3,a) | chainloader +1 ,--- You/Doug (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:54:01 -0700) ----* | | What you posted below seems like grub 1 syntax. Right. But notice 2 and 3 above (in the "root" lines). | The latest Ubuntu comes | with grub 2. Here is what I have in /etc/grub.d/40_custom (after the | required bits): | menuentry "FreeBSD 9-Current amd64" { | set root=(hd0,3) | chainloader +1 | } | menuentry "FreeBSD 7-Stable i386" { | set root=(hd0,3) | chainloader +1 | } and notice 3 and 3 in yours. Aren't you pointing GRUB to the same location (the third partition on hd0), in both entries? -- Alex -- alex-goncharov@comcast.net --