Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 23:13:05 -0600 From: Glenn Johnson <glennpj@charter.net> To: "Michael O'Henly" <michael@tenzo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using Linux GRUB boot loader with FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010331231305.A1972@gforce.johnson.home> In-Reply-To: <01033121003700.01882@pravda.tenzo.net>; from michael@tenzo.com on Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 09:00:37PM -0800 References: <01033121003700.01882@pravda.tenzo.net>
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On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 09:00:37PM -0800, Michael O'Henly wrote: > Hello... > > I'm setting up a dual-boot system (Linux and FreeBSD) on a machine > that has two hard drives. Apart from a small boot partition, the first > drive will be used entirely for FreeBSD. The Linux kernel resides in > that boot partition and GRUB is the boot loader I'm using. > > I've installed FreeBSD without a boot loader with the intention of > creating a GRUB entry that points to FreeBSD...but I'm not clear on > how to do this. The GRUB entry for Linux looks like this: > > title linux > kernel (hd0,4)/vmlinuz-2.2.17-21mdk root=/dev/hdb6 hdd=ide-scsi vga=791 > > As you can see, it names the kernel and points to the root partition > on the second drive (hdb6). I believe I either need to do something > similar for FreeBSD, or I need to use GRUB to call /boot/loader in > FreeBSD. > > If you have any experience with this, could you kindly steer me in the > right direction? The info page on grub will tell you how to do this. I have the following in my menu.lst file: title FreeBSD root (hd0,a) kernel /boot/loader You will have to set the root entry as appropriate for your setup. -- Glenn Johnson glennpj@charter.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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