From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 4 08:14:09 2004 Return-Path: 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 B53AA16A4CF for ; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 08:14:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outmx019.isp.belgacom.be (outmx019.isp.belgacom.be [195.238.2.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B25E43D31 for ; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 08:14:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from geert@lori.mine.nu) Received: from outmx019.isp.belgacom.be (localhost [127.0.0.1]) with ESMTP id i648Dw8p013972 for ; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 10:13:59 +0200 (envelope-from ) Received: from lori.mine.nu (74-138.244.81.adsl.skynet.be [81.244.138.74]) with ESMTP id i648Dtpb013932; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 10:13:55 +0200 (envelope-from ) Received: by lori.mine.nu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5D4B870A; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 10:13:54 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 10:13:54 +0200 From: Geert Hendrickx To: Bruce Hunter Message-ID: <20040704081353.GA4246@lori.mine.nu> References: <1088881267.32068.16.camel@solid.solisixoffice.com> <20040703201121.GA2170@lori.mine.nu> <1088914763.800.5.camel@solid.solisixoffice.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1088914763.800.5.camel@solid.solisixoffice.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-GPG-Key: http://www.win.ua.ac.be/~s005085/gnupgkey.txt X-GPG-Key-ID: 1024D/766C1E92 X-Accept-Language: nl,en cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 08:14:09 -0000 On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 12:19:23AM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote: > Hey, > > Thanks for you help. I figured out my problem. I was trying to install > grub to (hd0) while running gnome. I read some more of the manual for > grub and realized that I had to create a floppy disk to do the > installation. So, I created the floppy and rebooted and ran the commands > again and everything went well. Hm, then I think Grub cannot write to your HD when it is mounted. Or something like that. Anyway, that step has to be performed just once. You can always change your configfile, Grub will read it in at boot time. > The only thing is. It doesn't use grub.conf, it uses menu.lst to > create the menu. Ok. Then grub.conf was used in older versions. I thought it was the other way around, but I always just symlinked one to the other. > Would I be able to use the installation of RedHat Core 2's grub, to make > my grub look pretty? I also, noticed that RedHat has a pretty little > thing or gui when booting up. How would I integrate that to FreeBSD? The difference is in their configfile, it probably uses colors and some background. Try "grub bootsplash" on Google and you'll find plenty of howto's. > Thanks man, > Bruce Happy to help you, GH