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Date:      Sun, 4 Jul 2004 01:51:54 +0200
From:      Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be>
To:        Bruce Hunter <freebsd@solisix.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader
Message-ID:  <20040703235153.GA2906@lori.mine.nu>
In-Reply-To: <1088898290.670.18.camel@solid.solisixoffice.com>
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On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 07:44:50PM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote:
> Hmm.. I'm root
> 
> I even tried changing the permissions on /dev/ad0
> the device has read and write access.. wierd.
> 
> Maybe instead of setup (hd0) it should be setup (ad0)
> But device.map sets the hd0 pointer to /dev/ad0

No, hd0 is /dev/ad0 is Grub's terminology.  Grub doesn't understand ad0
(you can check it with tab-completion).  

> any other ideas?

Not immediately.  I'll try to help you out tomorrow (it's almost 2am
here in Belgium).  

Maybe other list-members have experience using Grub with FreeBSD?  

> Bruce

GH


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