Re: boot with GRUB - SOLVED
On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 19:52:33 -0500 Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the last episode (Jun 25), Robert Storey said: > > On 25 Jun 2003 00:12:57 +0200 Christian Laursen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > > > Another thing to try is chaining to the bootblock on the FreeBSD > partition. Use "rootnoverify (hd0,1)", then "chainloader +1", then > "boot". Dear Dan, Thanks, that worked superbly! regards, Robert ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: boot with GRUB
On Wednesday 25 June 2003 1:52 am, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Jun 25), Robert Storey said: > > On 25 Jun 2003 00:12:57 +0200 Christian Laursen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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: > > > > > > > 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". I can confirm that this does indeed work. Grub doesn't know how to read UFS2 filesystems, so to boot FreeBSD 5.1 I'm currently using : root (hd1,0,a) chainloader +1 boot (FreeBSD is installed on my 2nd HDD) Cheers! Andrew. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: boot with GRUB
In the last episode (Jun 25), Robert Storey said: > On 25 Jun 2003 00:12:57 +0200 Christian Laursen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: boot with GRUB
On 25 Jun 2003 00:12:57 +0200 Christian Laursen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I recently installed 5.1-RELEASE - I was previously using 5.0. > > > > 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 don't think GRUB can read that yet. UFS1 should be fine though. > (It certainly works for me with FreeBSD 5.1) > > -- > Best regards > Christian Laursen Dear Christian, 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. Thanks for the fast response to my question. best regards, Robert ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: boot with GRUB
Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I recently installed 5.1-RELEASE - I was previously using 5.0. > > 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 don't think GRUB can read that yet. UFS1 should be fine though. (It certainly works for me with FreeBSD 5.1) -- Best regards Christian Laursen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
boot with GRUB
I recently installed 5.1-RELEASE - I was previously using 5.0. 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. I can boot my FBSD partition by using GAG on a floppy disk, but I'd like to get GRUB (which is installed on the hard disk) to do the job. I'd welcome any suggestions. TIA, Robert ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
