From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 18 20:51:40 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA5C716A4DD for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:51:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: from opusnet.com (mail.opusnet.com [209.210.200.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27E2B43D58 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:51:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: from localhost.localhost [70.98.246.232] by opusnet.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.05) id A355335300CE; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:51:33 -0700 Received: from localhost.localhost (localhost.localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localhost (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j8IKrEEF014094; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:53:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localhost (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j8IKr9Zp014093; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:53:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) To: John Do References: <20050918160808.4049.qmail@web35805.mail.mud.yahoo.com> From: garys@opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:53:09 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20050918160808.4049.qmail@web35805.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (John Do's message of "Sun, 18 Sep 2005 12:08:08 -0400 (EDT)") Message-ID: <2qbr2q9jyi.r2q@mail.opusnet.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.17 (Jumbo Shrimp, berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install GRUB for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:51:41 -0000 John Do writes: > Linux GRUB is simple and intuitive to use and BSD > loader has me lost after weeks :( I know both enough to say that BSD's is way more intuitive and much simpler to configure and install. > I even installed GRUB into MBR and the BSD bootloader > won't go away! :( I've made mine go away several times. Note that you shouldn't need to get rid of the MBR on the second disk, with Grub on the first. I don't know if Grub can be made to boot the second disk's MBR, or not. Probably. > Someone please tell me what the best way to install > grub is > > I guess you need it in the MBR but where will the > menu.lst be stored? It starts out on a floppy file system. Then you either just boot off the floppy, or you install it to the hard disk MBR, other first-track sectors, and maybe your OS's root FS. I don't recall if you need a menu.lst or not. That is, I don't know if Grub can be installed only to the first track, or needs the menu.lst in an FS; it seems like a bad requirement, if so. You might search the Internet for a pre-build Grub floppy.