Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 01:17:10 -0400 (EDT) From: John Do <pcbsdguy@yahoo.ca> To: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stand-alone GRUB HELP Message-ID: <20050912051710.23733.qmail@web35803.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20050911214618.096c8b80@cobalt.antimatter.net>
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Hi Glen, Thanks for the reply I tried the following and there was no change to the boot menu: boot0cfg -B -s 5 ad0 boot0cfg -B -s 2 ad2 --- Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> wrote: > At 09:18 PM 9/11/2005, John Do wrote: > >Hi guys > > > >I have been reading documentation and I'm still > >confused. > > > >I have Windows on ad0 and FreeBSD on ad2 > > > >I installed the BSD bootloader but it is only > booting > >Windows. > > > >There is some limitation or problem and no matter > what > >I try in the emergency shell I cannot configure > >boot0cfg to work properly. > > > >So I need two solutions to try: > > > >How do I configure the BSD boot loader to work to > boot > >both Windows and FreeBSD? I have tried commands > like > > > >boot0cfg -B -s 2 ad2 and it doesn't seem to help or > >boot > > I think what you want is: > > test54# boot0cfg -B -s 5 ad0 > test54# boot0cfg -B -s 1 ad2 > > If you reboot, you should end up booting from the > first slice on ad2. > > This is what everything looks like on one of my test > boxes: > > test54# boot0cfg -v ad4 > # flag start chs type end chs > offset size > 1 0x00 0: 1: 1 0x07 1023:254:63 > 63 20964762 > 2 0x80 1023:255:63 0xa5 1023:254:63 > 20964825 20964825 > 3 0x00 1023:255:63 0x07 1023:254:63 > 41929650 61432560 > 4 0x00 1023:255:63 0xa5 1023: 80:63 > 103362210 287359758 > > version=1.0 drive=0x80 mask=0xf ticks=182 > options=packet,update,nosetdrv > default_selection=F5 (Drive 1) > > test54# boot0cfg -v ad6 > # flag start chs type end chs > offset size > 1 0x80 0: 1: 1 0xa5 1023:254:63 > 63 156296322 > > version=1.0 drive=0x80 mask=0xf ticks=182 > options=packet,update,nosetdrv > default_selection=F1 (Slice 1) > > Not exactly the same as your setup, but close. On > ad4, 1 is windows, > 2 is FreeBSD, 3 and 4 are non-bootable. On ad6, 1 > is FreeBSD. > > -Glenn > > > > >Second solution: > > > >Stand-alone GRUB install > > > >How can I install GRUB stand-alone? How do I > install > >it into /boot? I guess /boot = some mounted > partition > >of a unix OS? > > > >Would it be best to make /boot under the existing > >FreeBSD partition? > > > >The more exact details the better. I've been > >scratching my head over this for days > > > >thx! > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca
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