Antonio: Thanks mate, it worked.
disklabel -B ad8s4 fixed it for me. Best, Dave On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Antonio Huete Jimenez < ahuete.de...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dave, > > You need to disklabel -B the slice of the disk that belongs to DFBSD. > For example, if your linux sdc is detected in dfbsd as ad3, you would > have to do: > > disklabel -B ad3s4 > > Then try the config: > > rootnoverify (hd2,3) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > Important: You absolutely need to make sure that you are setting the > disklabel -B on the correct disk and slice, otherwise problems will > occur. > > Cheers, > Antonio Huete > > 2010/12/30 Dragon Fly <dragonflyb...@gmail.com>: > > Antonio: > > > > It doesnt, I've tried all possible combination but it failed. > > > > Best, > > > > Dave > > > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Antonio Huete Jimenez > > <ahuete.de...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Dave, > >> > >> Does it work if you put 'makeactive' right below rootnoverify? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Antonio Huete > >> > >> 2010/12/30 Dragon Fly <dragonflyb...@gmail.com>: > >> > Happy New Year, 2011! > >> > > >> > I have installed FreeBSD (sdc1) and DragonFlyBSD (sdc4) and for some > >> > reason > >> > I am unable to boot DragonFlyBSD (the boot doesnt move) unless I hide > >> > sdc1. > >> > I understand that DragonFlyBSD uses the same partition id (0xA5) as > >> > FreeBSD > >> > and that is what messing up the boot order. I've tried installing > >> > DesktopBSD > >> > as well but when I choose to boot DesktopBSD it boots FreeBSD. > >> > > >> > Here are menu.lst entries - > >> > > >> > > >> >> ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: > >> >> other### > >> >> title FreeBSD 8.1 i386 > >> >> rootnoverify (hd2,0) > >> >> chainloader +1 > >> >> > >> >> ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: > >> >> other### > >> >> title DragonFlyBSD-2.8.2-amd64 > >> >> rootnoverify (hd2,3) > >> >> chainloader +1 > >> > > >> > Here is Geometry - > >> > > >> >> grub> geometry (hd2) > >> >> drive 0x82: C/H/S = 56065/255/63, The number of sectors = 1953525168, > >> >> /dev/disk > >> >> /by-id/ata-ST31000528AS_6VP53TG2 > >> >> Partition num: 0, [BSD sub-partitions immediately follow] > >> >> BSD Partition num: 'a', Filesystem type is ufs2, partition type 0xa5 > >> >> BSD Partition num: 'b', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 > >> >> BSD Partition num: 'd', Filesystem type is ufs, partition type 0xa5 > >> >> BSD Partition num: 'e', Filesystem type is ufs, partition type 0xa5 > >> >> BSD Partition num: 'f', Filesystem type is ufs, partition type 0xa5 > >> >> BSD Partition num: 'g', Filesystem type is ufs, partition type 0xa5 > >> >> Partition num: 1, Filesystem type is jfs, partition type 0x83 > >> >> Partition num: 3, [BSD sub-partitions immediately follow] > >> >> BSD Partition num: 'a', Filesystem type is ufs, partition type 0xa5 > >> >> BSD Partition num: 'b', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 > >> >> BSD Partition num: 'd', Filesystem type is ufs, partition type 0xa5 > >> >> BSD Partition num: 'e', Filesystem type is ufs, partition type 0xa5 > >> > > >> > I will like to compile DragonFlyBSD kernel with this option - > >> > > >> >> options ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:ad8s4a\" > >> > > >> > How do I do this (with what command) and should it be ufs:ad8s3a or > >> > ad8s4a. > >> > In /etc/fstab it says s4a. I am booting everything of SUSE GrUB and it > >> > reads > >> > sdc1 partition as (hd2,0) I am a n00b at DragonFlyBSD and will > >> > appreciate > >> > your help. > >> > > >> > Best, > >> > > >> > Dave > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > >
