From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 27 19:59:32 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DBA7106566C for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:59:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayasaman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f182.google.com (mail-wi0-f182.google.com [209.85.212.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8984B8FC13 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:59:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhn14 with SMTP id hn14so2442121wib.13 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:59:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rl3LgdGYQFHnixMOaGarRo53lLhFCymdC+Nx98292o8=; b=vsnmoyDd7EKXDWP/nGcX5seve4qX/bqFDTey05BKS5PNgD6PCNb91Clrtz6M2JaCGD HM5x5OmIxPmf/nEEMdnIAqP6hKFbZ2XsFsa4DIGMZjc+rrZBvrv1Cqr/GUQ93tOZFd5r mUhqq9DZ4PAJxX5umHflQv1GC1+f7rRnSIvHA= Received: by 10.180.106.202 with SMTP id gw10mr17471191wib.3.1327694370333; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:59:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from X220.optiplex-networks.com (81-178-2-118.dsl.pipex.com. [81.178.2.118]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t6sm14035500wid.1.2012.01.27.11.59.27 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:59:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F23021E.4080406@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:59:26 +0000 From: Kaya Saman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111222 Thunderbird/9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Block References: <4F22CC78.9020002@gmail.com> <4F22F65A.1070705@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FTP server for install link broken? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:59:32 -0000 On 01/27/2012 07:22 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jan 2012, Kaya Saman wrote: > >> On 01/27/2012 04:16 PM, Warren Block wrote: >>> On Fri, 27 Jan 2012, Kaya Saman wrote: >>> >>>> am currently trying to install FreeBSD 9 on my Lenovo X220 and >>>> noticed that the link on this page in the FreeBSD Handbook is broken: >>>> >>>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html >>> >>> >>> See the header at the top of that page. There is a new chapter for >>> installing 9.0 and later. The equivalent section is >>> >>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall-pre.html >> >> >> Oh ok..... >> >> Anyway as I'm familiar with BSD 8.x I did the install without reading!! >> >> My issue was really to find the .img file for USB booting. >> >> >> All done now but can't seem to get Fedora 16's GRUB to boot BSD >> 9.0.... I guess it's time to consult the documentation after all; >> even though Google'ing provided results that didn't yield answers as >> the Linux GRUB can't find the partition/slice combo??? > > The default install of FreeBSD 9 uses GPT, so there are no slices or > FreeBSD (bsdlabel) partitions. Instead of ad0s1a, it would just be > ada0p2. Don't know what Linux calls these partitions, though. > >> Tried chainloading but that didn't work either probably as no >> boot-loader got loaded into the PBR by default. > > If you want multiboot on a GPT drive, grub2 seems to be the solution. > (But I haven't tested it Thanks Warren for the assistance! I will create a new Subject for my multiboot issue :-) Am just currently trying to get my 'old' Fedora instance from an old HD up and running by booting off USB drive meaning have to re-build initrd.img with USB modules in it..... So updating that in order to get the kernel headers since the old kernel is no longer supported. Best regards, Kaya