Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:54:01 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Alex Goncharov <alex-goncharov@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Is there a boot manager that can handle this? Message-ID: <4C770CA9.6040408@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <E1OomZK-0005fE-BE@hanssachs.home> References: <4C76FD1B.50804@FreeBSD.org> <E1OomZK-0005fE-BE@hanssachs.home>
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On 8/26/2010 5:13 PM, Alex Goncharov wrote:
> ,--- You/Doug (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:47:39 -0700) ----*
> | Windows and the *1st* FreeBSD partition just fine, but if I try to boot
> | the 2nd FreeBSD partition grub just boots the first one again.
>
> Are you using a chainloader?
What you posted below seems like grub 1 syntax. The latest Ubuntu comes
with grub 2. Here is what I have in /etc/grub.d/40_custom (after the
required bits):
menuentry "FreeBSD 9-Current amd64" {
set root=(hd0,3)
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "FreeBSD 7-Stable i386" {
set root=(hd0,3)
chainloader +1
}
> You should, in my experience; something like that in grub's menu.lst
> or grub.cfg:
>
> ----------------------------------------
> title fbsd-b64 -- chainloader (hd0,2,a)
> root (hd0,2,a)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
> title fbsd-b32 -- chainloader (hd0,3,a)
> root (hd0,3,a)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
> ----------------------------------------
>
> -- Alex -- alex-goncharov@comcast.net --
>
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