Well, I rolled the dice and tried grub. Moral: grub is good.
Details: I decided to re-install Suse 10.1 so I could interact with the mechanism which installs Grub. Then... I found this in /boot/grub/menu.lst suse:/boot/grub # cat menu.lst # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Sep 17 05:08:44 UTC 2006 color white/blue black/light-gray default 0 timeout 8 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title SUSE Linux 10.1 root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 apm=off acpi=off mce=off barrier=off ide=nodma idewait=50 i8042.nomux psmouse.proto=bare irqpoll pci=nommconf resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent showopts initrd /boot/initrd ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1### title windows 1 chainloader (hd0,0)+1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 2### title windows 2 chainloader (hd0,1)+1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- SUSE Linux 10.1 root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3 initrd /boot/initrd It looks like Suse thinks the disk is named hd0 rather than hd8. So, I added this entry: ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: FreeBSD 5.5### title FreeBSD 5.5 root (hd0,2,a) kernel /boot/loader This is a direct pattern off of the discussion here: http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-apr2006.html#21 And the grub file in front of my face. Then I rebooted and saw a nice Grub menu with FreeBSD 5.5 listed on the bottom. I picked it. It sent me to the Beastie boot menu I'm so familiar with. And I used that to boot my FreeBSD box. I'm jazzed. I wish golf were this easy. Thanks gentlemen. -Dan On 9/16/06, Jeff Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 17/09/06, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > People, > > this is great info; thanks for taking time to type it up. > I'm now convinced that Grub is good. > > On my FreeBSD box I see this: > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ cat /etc/fstab > # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump > Pass# > /dev/ad8s3b none swap sw 0 > 0 > /dev/ad8s3a / ufs rw 1 > 1 > ##/dev/ad8s4a /u1 ufs rw 1 > 1 > /dev/acd0 /dvd1 cd9660 ro,noauto 0 > 0 > /dev/acd1 /dvd2 cd9660 ro,noauto 0 > 0 > linprocfs /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0 > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/ad8s3a 91913630 37443012 47117528 44% / > devfs 1 1 0 100% /dev > linprocfs 4 4 0 100% /usr/compat/linux/proc > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 5 $ > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 5 $ > > Comparing that with the information in the mail list > and this page: > > http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-apr2006.html#21 > suggests to me, > that this Grub entry would be appropriate: > > title FreeBSD 5.5 > root (hd8,2,a) > kernel /boot/loader > Dang, I always mix up XP and FBSD syntax. Yes, that looks fine. Good luck! Jeff
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