Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:05:01 -0500 From: Ryan Nowakowski <ryan@britestream.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Bootstrapping install from GRUB Message-ID: <20050715150500.GA19897@pineapple.britestream.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I'd like to bootstrap a FreeBSD 5.4 install from GRUB or another harddrive-based bootloader without using PXEboot. Problem: GRUB will boot the FreeBSD loader, however I can't get the loader to read a kernel from any of my existing partitions(ext2, reiserfs, fat16). I know it can load a kernel from UFS but I have to have FreeBSD installed to create a UFS partition(catch-22). Is there a way to get a non-pxeboot loader to grab the kernel from a non-UFS filesystem or perhaps the network(NFS or TFTP)? Suggestions? [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC19CcJ5jv18RIIpgRAgj2AKCoe0s3zZ1zOx+kWXEpvSLS8ZmdIwCglN0o c9mP3mhmGc9H57csx16mt3U= =QAIX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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