From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 22:44:22 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4242FAB9 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:44:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm12-vm0.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (nm12-vm0.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [217.146.183.246]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78B608FC08 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:44:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [217.146.183.212] by nm12.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 Nov 2012 22:44:20 -0000 Received: from [77.238.184.61] by tm5.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 Nov 2012 22:44:20 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp130.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 Nov 2012 22:44:20 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s1024; t=1353710660; bh=SbDUnS+cus4tOpPeZH8ZmK45zvc19R6kbwXso6Pizuc=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=o7Pjh2F9DFQtFk8i5k5SihAAQ42Ysr237td/gx2y2WDOZVXvUArHoiSPwlKamUvTbxllUopPX1AqQ43IzRZlN5AH5Ph3flU42ly1nyUOD3jFRTRV3xkbA381vqkcmRdDROFMIK0XAhu06oJkYtADIHuv5Kidj0AecxQU2aWOwkQ= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 138208.77578.bm@smtp130.mail.ukl.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: X_fWXvAVM1mCUgRYNoe4m5sCcl4EgVrRfQ5IEdpY6LTUkWg qDeSeuKkIYECsYfbIuYGXQh0ZL.G3J2FbkRpIGuoOIQ.knjxGn.ucnPNJD6B iusxqu2cNnR6ZYUBhZhUEYID11npcO6Ckew7f0XJ1_fIrPjYCu12E7WugGYj ZpVO1m9b9SFnJ5v4hvVSehNNB8ftQgL2UkjYyS3.Awd13GRcfEmNEdJOUlAq R.b2_iqP2.kiDbUfDmwqeAS6TgsFM3f5husDPB2MbAb0N5Bo0Pn5tkgy8E21 auEnmh1iUlJ3Tbb0ReORonwPULLjtF6znbPYVjonpRSi_2Dav4sl0iitCdX0 CFlnshF9U0u_SDQ4V3lS1RJCn0FNSYegl7xp__3nDKf_m6EBTzEWty6JjQ8O 2oZw6y7t1UVxeQ557O_5v_06BqBSZAsUKiQNMZWWxFuadMZ6GYTfPsCly93R kD4GjzXKnoaPxw5kCjZZql7bWyR6.pQbLtNw_r9IeWpFgt.GXBf9vnIbCUam 4iIPyaebpvRlMxMT3lxpq79cg X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Received: from [92.224.208.134] (ralf.mardorf@92.224.208.134 with login) by smtp130.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 23 Nov 2012 22:44:20 +0000 GMT Message-ID: <1353710659.11101.58.camel@q> Subject: Re: RME audio card user new to FreeBSD From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:44:19 +0100 In-Reply-To: <201211232214.qANMEh7x030303@triton8.kn-bremen.de> References: <50AFD823.2050203@freebsd.org> <201211232214.qANMEh7x030303@triton8.kn-bremen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.0-0ubuntu3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:44:22 -0000 On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 23:14 +0100, Juergen Lock wrote: > Btw there is another solution to this problem: while loader(8) > cannot boot from 'extended' slices, grub2 actually can if you > tell it to load kernel and klds itself instead of chainloading > loader. Only there is a bug preventing 9.1/amd64 and later kernels > from starting so you either need to add a patch to grub 2.00 or use > grub bzr. The patch I mirrored here: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~nox/tmp/grub2-paste_180121.patch > > Here is an example to have grub2 load kernel and klds itself: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-multimedia/2011-March/011828.html > > (use 'set root=(hd0,5)' etc instead of 'set root=(hd0,1)' for an > extended slice.) > > PR to update the sysutils/grub2 port to 2.00 + bugfix: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/170417 > > (tho I atually have debian Linux on that box too and just installed > grub 2.00 manually there with the patch.) Hi Juergen, thank you. If possible I'll avoid to install GRUB 2, I hate GRUB 2. If possible I'll stay with GRUB legacy or use something similar, e.g. Syslinux. I want a clear configuration for the menu. The menu must not! be automatically generated, since this is impossible for my needs. I experienced GRUB 2 as a PITA and only would use it, if there will be no other bootloader that is to my taste. Tomorrow I might read the FreeBSD handbook and install FreeBSD. Regards, Ralf