Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 19:52:33 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot with GRUB Message-ID: <20030625005233.GF46908@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20030625063021.2d6cfe00.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> References: <20030625055048.1671416d.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> <m3isqvnmza.fsf@borg.borderworlds.dk> <20030625063021.2d6cfe00.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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In the last episode (Jun 25), Robert Storey said: > On 25 Jun 2003 00:12:57 +0200 Christian Laursen <xi@borderworlds.dk> wrote: > > Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> writes: > > > When I had 5.0, I could easily boot FBSD from GRUB using these > > > settings in my Linux's /boot/grub/menu.lst file: > > > > > > title FreeBSD > > > root (hd0,1,a) > > > kernel /boot/loader > > > boot > > > > > > These settings no longer work, and I get an error message that Linux > > > does not recognize this (FBSD's) filesystem. > > > > Is your / filesystem by any chance UFS2? > > I believe you are right, my filesystem is UFS2. Changing the > filesystem back to UFS1 is probably more than I'd want to do, so I > guess I'll stick with booting using GAG (on a floppy or CDROM) until > such time as GRUB acquires the ability to boot UFS2. Another thing to try is chaining to the bootblock on the FreeBSD partition. Use "rootnoverify (hd0,1)", then "chainloader +1", then "boot". -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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