Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 02:42:22 -0700 From: matt <sendtomatt@gmail.com> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: How to boot FreeBSD and linux from FreeBSD MBR? Message-ID: <508BAC7E.5090406@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <508B6D9D.9050103@rawbw.com> References: <508B6D9D.9050103@rawbw.com>
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On 10/26/12 22:14, Yuri wrote: > When I installed ubuntu on another partition, it overwrote BSD MBR > with grub one. > Now grub boots ubuntu without even asking what to boot. > When I tried to restore BSD MBR, BSD boots but linux doesn't. This is > because there is no bootable PBR in linux partition. > When I tried to install grub into PBR on its own partition, like > someone online suggested, it refused with the message that this is > dangerous, etc. > > So is there a way to boot both linux and BSD from BSD MBR (by pressing > F2 or whatever)? > Are there quick instructions anywhere? > I just don't want grub to take over the boot process. > > Yuri > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > This means you have grub2. It is slow as molasses and has to be the mbr. You could chainload freebsd's partition under a separate entry, like Windows The partition bootcode for FreeBSD will boot it from there. You can also boot loader or kernel directly from grub, your choice. Matt
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