From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 12 06:47:20 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 A374E16A41F for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 06:47:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glenn@antimatter.net) Received: from cobalt.antimatter.net (cobalt.antimatter.net [69.55.224.239]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D6A443D4C for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 06:47:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glenn@antimatter.net) Received: from glenn-mobile.antimatter.net (cpe-66-27-86-22.san.res.rr.com [66.27.86.22]) (authenticated bits=0) by cobalt.antimatter.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j8C6lIuL002663 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 11 Sep 2005 23:47:19 -0700 X-MailKey: purple frogs are falling from the sky Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.2.20050911234556.0760f3f0@cobalt.antimatter.net> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 23:46:53 -0700 To: John Do , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Glenn Dawson In-Reply-To: <20050912051710.23733.qmail@web35803.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <6.2.3.4.2.20050911214618.096c8b80@cobalt.antimatter.net> <20050912051710.23733.qmail@web35803.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: Subject: Re: Stand-alone GRUB HELP 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: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 06:47:20 -0000 At 10:17 PM 9/11/2005, John Do wrote: >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 What does boot0cfg -v show for the two disks you have? Output from fdisk and bsdlabel for both would be helpful too. -Glenn >--- Glenn Dawson 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! 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