Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 15:43:54 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: rohrbach@nacamar.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: idea: GRUB as standard boot loader Message-ID: <199812042343.PAA00690@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Dec 1998 18:42:05 %2B0100." <19981204184205.A19848@nacamar.net>
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> > i tried to get "booteasy" to work several times on several (scsi) systems > and booteasy often seems to screw with disk geometry issues, so the boxes > refuse to start. the 100% fix was to install grub or to install the > standard freebsd bootloader. Booteasy will get the disk geometry right if you got it right when you were slicing up the disk. It doesn't attempt to compensate for user error. > the main thing with grub is versatility, and it would be kinda cool thing > to have grub as standard freebsd bootloader (hey it kicks ass). the only > issue for a fix would be the root device detection, i dont have a clue > where to look for that, but when i got my -current box running again, i > might look into that... Grub's versatility is sadly lacking, and its use of a hardcoded blocklist for stage 1.5 is highly undesirable. Have a look at the new bootloader in /boot (build the up-to-date version) and see what you think of it. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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