Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 12:02:41 -0700 From: Joe Lewis <joe@joe-lewis.com> To: y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Grub problem Message-ID: <401E9ED1.4010701@joe-lewis.com> In-Reply-To: <20040202132019.53d69a7c.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> References: <Law11-F686Q9aupjsCO00044a6f@hotmail.com> <20040202132019.53d69a7c.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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Errors on the root will still occur. Grub does that. With BSD, you can set the menu option such as : root (hd0,2) chainloader +1 And it will load the MBR from the BSD partition, which will load the loader, which will load the kernel (the best way, really). Joe Robert Storey wrote: > Use the chainloader command to start FBSD, like this: > > root (hd0,2,a) > chainloader +1 > boot > > best regards, > Robert > > On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 01:42:02 -0300 > "Roy Fokker" <royfokkker@hotmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hi, i have installed in my computer FBSD 5.1, and RH9. The thing >> is, when i try to get GRUB to boot FBSD, i get the following error >> message: root (hd0,2,a) Filesystem type unknown, partition type >> 0xa5 Then, in the GRUB-shell, i get this from auto-completion. >> Partition num: 2, [BSD sub-partitions immediately follow] BSD >> Partition num:'a', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD >> Partition num:'b', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD >> Partition num:'d', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD >> Partition num:'e', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD >> Partition num:'f', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 And >> i'm guessing that it is because of this, it then grub> kernel >> /boot/loader ro root=/dev/hda3 Error 17: Cannot mount selected >> partition This is an extract of my grub.conf. I looked for info >> about this, and found no other reference. title FreeBSD 5.1 Release >> root (hd0,2,a) kernel/boot/loader ro root=/dev/hda3 I will >> appreciate any input. Thanks. Alejandro, from BA, Argentina. >> _________________________________________________________________ >> >> Nuevo MSN Messenger [1]Una forma rápida y divertida de enviar >> mensajes >> >>References >> >> 1. http://g.msn.com/8HMBESAR/2728??PS= >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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