From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 10 04:47:42 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14EE191 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:47:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6721@twc.com) Received: from cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.166.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBE9A2D99 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:47:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [74.130.200.176] ([74.130.200.176:51741] helo=localhost) by cdptpa-oedge02 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.5.0.35861 r(Momo-dev:tip)) with ESMTP id 59/81-16944-C6136525; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:47:41 +0000 Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:47:40 +0000 Message-ID: <59.81.16944.C6136525@cdptpa-oedge02> From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BE Loader Menu (was Re: rcs) References: <60177810-8DC4-4EA3-8040-A834B79039D2@orthanc.ca> <52538EDC.2080001@freebsd.org> <52541202.3010707@mu.org> <20131008.170444.74714516.sthaug@nethelp.no> <52542BD4.5070706@FreeBSD.org> <52542E1D.9000000@mu.org> <52555D1C.8010407@freebsd.org> <52558577.5020401@allanjude.com> <52558779.2070203@pcbsd.org> <517D65A3D61F684FAE2B2EC2D2DA06C3@fisglobal.com> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC4B2A3@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.168.130:25 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 Cc: "Teske, Devin" , Kris Moore X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:47:42 -0000 Sorry for previous typo in From: line, missing right angle bracket at end. Then, in a finger error, I resent that message just before finding the error and making the needed correction. from Devin Teske: > I'm late to the party again ;D (didn't realize the rcs thread had turned BE) > Both problems can be solved. > The loading of the kernel *after* choosing your boot device is trivial. > We've been doing it at $work for *years* (almost a decade?) > I can put that in, whenever. Probably at the same time as implementing > the live/dynamic BE menus for selecting the root device. I'd like to know how to boot FreeBSD >= 9.1 with grub2. Following the instructions under $PORTSDIR/sysutils/grub2 insmod ufs2 set root=(hd0,gpt3) kfreebsd /boot/loader boot stopped working around FreeBSD 9.1-stable. I used Super Grub2 Disk image on the System Rescue CD written to USB stick. Recently, I built sysutils/grub2, ran mkrescue, wrote that image to the System Rescue USB stick and made the entry in /syslinux/syslinux.cfg, but haven't tested that yet. What is the method you or PC-BSD uses? I want to use it on FreeBSD 9.2 and 10-current. I tried visiting pcbsd.org website but couldn't find any details. Tom