Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:58:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to dual-boot FreeBSD 9 with Linux? [ SOLVED] Message-ID: <1319867894.50334.YahooMailNeo@web160109.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <87obx0306w.fsf@oak.localnet> References: <1319819884.93776.YahooMailNeo@web160115.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <87obx0306w.fsf@oak.localnet>
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----- Original Message ----- > From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: > Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 4:12 AM > Subject: Re: How to dual-boot FreeBSD 9 with Linux? > > Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> writes: > >> Hi all >> >> Is any one by now successfully dual-booting FreeBSD 9 with Linux? >> >> I have tried with OpenSuse 11.4 with FreeBSD 9. OpenSuse installs >> Grub1 to mbr. Grub1 doesn't seem to support FreeBSD 9. It cannot >> recognise the file system type. >> >> Any help in this regard is very much appreciated. > > It isn't very difficult and there are at least two ways to do it. > Grub1 actually does support ffs and ufs2 file systems, but the linux > distributions don't seem to include the drivers. If you can get the > source, that should have all of them. I think that I just got the grub > package from the FreeBSD file system and copied the additional drivers > directly into my linux grub directory, but I am not sure now. > > The other way is to use the 'chainloader' command. You just specify the > disk and partition (slice) with the root command, and then add the > commands 'chainloader +1' and 'boot'. The chainloader command > just > means to boot whatever is at the first sector of the previously > specified disk and slice. I think the first sector of a ufs2 file > system just jumps to the loader. > > The menu items from mine are just: > > title FreeBSD /boot/loader > root (hd1,2,a) > kernel /boot/loader > boot > > title FreeBSD chainloader > root (hd1,2) > chainloader +1 > boot > > In my case, those specifies that they use the third slice on the second > disk. The first menu item requires that you already have the > 'ufs2_stage1_5' file in your grub directory. > Hi Carl Thank you very much for the reply. Your second method (ie. chainloader) worked, but the grub still say file system type is unknown. The ufs2_stage1_5 is available in /boot/grub/. Since now I can have a working dual boot with Linux, I conclude this is solved. Best regards Ungahelp
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