Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 14:39:37 +0100 (CET) From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RME audio card user new to FreeBSD Message-ID: <201211241339.qAODdbHs087952@triton8.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <1353710659.11101.58.camel@q> References: <50AFD823.2050203@freebsd.org> <1353710659.11101.58.camel@q> <201211232214.qANMEh7x030303@triton8.kn-bremen.de>
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In article <1353710659.11101.58.camel@q> you write: >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. Hm I don't think grub legacy nor syslinux can load FreeBSD kernels and klds directly, grub2 is the only bootloader I know besides loader(8) that can. Sorry... Juergen
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