On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 05:19:09PM +0200, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote: > Ryan Nowakowski wrote: > >I'd like to bootstrap a FreeBSD 5.4 install from GRUB or another > >harddrive-based bootloader without using PXEboot. > > > >Problem: GRUB will boot the FreeBSD loader, however I can't get > >the loader to read a kernel from any of my existing partitions(ext2, > >reiserfs, fat16). I know it can load a kernel from UFS but I have to > >have FreeBSD installed to create a UFS partition(catch-22). Is there a > >way to get a non-pxeboot loader to grab the kernel from a non-UFS > >filesystem or perhaps the network(NFS or TFTP)? > > > >Suggestions? > > First time load the kernel via grub, not the loader. The kernel will > complain, yet still work. After you're done installing, you can switch > grub to use the loader. > Any idea what the grub parameters should be? Right now I'm booting this and getting a "Fatal Trap 9" kernel crash during pci init.
root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/kernel/kernel root=/boot/mfsroot.gz
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