Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:44:21 +0000 From: Maslan <maslanbsd@gmail.com> To: Ryan Nowakowski <ryan@britestream.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bootstrapping install from GRUB Message-ID: <319cceca05071509443dca4199@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050715161321.GA20287@pineapple.britestream.com> References: <20050715150500.GA19897@pineapple.britestream.com> <42D7D3ED.7030504@fs.ei.tum.de> <20050715161321.GA20287@pineapple.britestream.com>
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You can chian load your BSD. root (hd0,0,a) # if hd0,0 is your kernel's UFS chainloader +1 boot or you can load the loader root (hd0,0,a) kernel /boot/loader boot On 7/15/05, Ryan Nowakowski <ryan@britestream.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 05:19:09PM +0200, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote= : > > Ryan Nowakowski wrote: > > >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? > > > > First time load the kernel via grub, not the loader. The kernel will > > complain, yet still work. After you're done installing, you can switch > > grub to use the loader. > > > Any idea what the grub parameters should be? Right now I'm booting > this and getting a "Fatal Trap 9" kernel crash during pci init. >=20 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/kernel/kernel root=3D/boot/mfsroot.gz >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > BodyID:5353954.2.n.logpart (stored separately) >=20 >=20 --=20 I'm Searching For Perfection, So Even If U Need Portability U've To Use Assembly ;-) http://www.maslanlab.org
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