Redid install steps as follows (TL;DR Spoiler: Finally got to a login prompt with Super Grub disk!)
+ increased vm RAM from 548 to 720 MB vHD: 12 GB SCSI @ 0,0,0 / da0 ( vdisk: Single file, Growable, no 2GB split ) --- Reproducable Install steps: o Language/Locales: + add EN-US and EN-US-ISO-8859-15; set default locale UTF8 o Network DHCP, vm is using NAT o Debian mirror; Proxy: " http://192.168.110.1:3128/ " ( use vmnet8/NAT network ) # Use Squid on host; much better on bandwidth, especially when (re)doing multiple installs o Flavor: Testing/Wheezy # For Great Justice(TM), and BSD9 kernel o Download installer components: Lowmem o Setup users and passwords: Allow root login, setup non-root user with Shadow passwords o Clock: NTP, Central time o Partition disks: Guided - use entire disk: SCSI1 (da0) All files in 1 partition: da0 - 12.9 GB #1 = primary 12.3 GB UFS " / " #5 = logical 575.7 MB swap o Install base system: kfreebsd-image-9-amd64 o Configure the package manager: Use non-free software: Yes oo Services to use: Security updates o Select and install software: Package usage survey: No; Setuid man: No o Software selection: Install packages: File server, SSH server, Standard system utils # This will grab ~130 pkgs o Install Grub to HD: Install to MBR - immediate failure Info from Alt+F4: [[ os-prober: unknown udebs for minix-modules, hfs-modules, hfsplus-modules, qnx4-modules, btrfs-modules, fuse-modules, fs-core-modules, fs-secondary-modules grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/da0' grub-installer: info: Mounting /proc into /target main-menu[107]: (process:32067): mount: mounting proc on /target/proc failed: No such device main-menu[107]: WARNING **: Configuring 'grub-installer' failed with error code 255 --- --At this point I took a snapshot of the VM, and tried your suggestion: # chroot /target /bin/bash # update-grub2 Generating grub.cfg... cat: /boot/grub/video.lst: No such file or directory Found kernel of FreeBSD: /boot/kfreebsd-9.0-1-amd64.gz Found kernel module directory: /lib/modules/9.0-1-amd64 grep: /proc/mounts: No such file or directory done --- --At this point I tried your 2nd suggestion: # mount -t linprocfs linprocfs /proc # update-grub2 Generating grub.cfg... cat: /boot/grub/video.lst: No such file or directory Found kernel of FreeBSD: /boot/kfreebsd-9.0-1-amd64.gz Found kernel module directory: /lib/modules/9.0-1-amd64 done --- o Logged out of chroot o " Continue without boot loader " o " Finish the installation " --Rebooting the VM at this point causes 100% vmware CPU usage, and nothing usable in the VM - just a blank screen. --However, at this point I booted the VM with Super Grub Disk Beta, and managed to get it to boot by using: " Detect any grub2 configuration file (grub.cfg) " :) http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ http://forja.cenatic.es/frs/download.php/1456/super_grub2_disk_hybrid_2.00s1-beta1.iso --So, while the installer itself is still wonky, you did get me to a login prompt - for which I am extremely grateful. :D --After logging in as root, I issued ' grub-install /dev/da0 ' and rebooted. Grub came up OK without the SGD, and booted KFreeBSD OK! :D :D --0D00D, U R TEH MAN!!!111ONE! / Epic Win --Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
