From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 17 09:09:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8224F16A40F for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:09:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan.bikle@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.231]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2434D43D45 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:09:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan.bikle@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i27so3600752wxd for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 02:09:42 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Cl9HFXg01VgiR4HkeGs6YV0YhFCfh7LtgTj7m43nrjndtaiVWG97lAfsT1a/+vGxagbvT4b2kZLrQpKjB8wIMzJjHkhzCYrzVTH5QB7NvIzepYL8lLkgSX2BrWvRVyRwtY7ECSlk+mG2h7UI9o0EL+qf7iDFhfHf67ewoQuQ+8s= Received: by 10.90.55.19 with SMTP id d19mr4158853aga; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 02:09:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.100.1 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 02:09:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <74252ed10609170209j7ea7fb0at5cb2850e06b0aff@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 02:09:42 -0700 From: "Dan Bikle" To: "Jeff Rollin" , "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <8a0028260609161759r7f872f9apcc607c6b2591ef61@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <74252ed10609161649se80d8d2tde7a2b04b0f78398@mail.gmail.com> <8a0028260609161710j2c303a4agd756d0ce3df43017@mail.gmail.com> <74252ed10609161755h4eb8e3e4p2a74c7fe3bedc1a6@mail.gmail.com> <8a0028260609161759r7f872f9apcc607c6b2591ef61@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Freebsd, Suse Linux dual booting X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:09:44 -0000 Well, I rolled the dice and tried grub. Moral: grub is good. Details: I decided to re-install Suse 10.1 so I could interact with the mechanism which installs Grub. Then... I found this in /boot/grub/menu.lst suse:/boot/grub # cat menu.lst # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Sep 17 05:08:44 UTC 2006 color white/blue black/light-gray default 0 timeout 8 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title SUSE Linux 10.1 root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 apm=off acpi=off mce=off barrier=off ide=nodma idewait=50 i8042.nomux psmouse.proto=bare irqpoll pci=nommconf resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent showopts initrd /boot/initrd ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1### title windows 1 chainloader (hd0,0)+1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 2### title windows 2 chainloader (hd0,1)+1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- SUSE Linux 10.1 root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3 initrd /boot/initrd It looks like Suse thinks the disk is named hd0 rather than hd8. So, I added this entry: ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: FreeBSD 5.5### title FreeBSD 5.5 root (hd0,2,a) kernel /boot/loader This is a direct pattern off of the discussion here: http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-apr2006.html#21 And the grub file in front of my face. Then I rebooted and saw a nice Grub menu with FreeBSD 5.5 listed on the bottom. I picked it. It sent me to the Beastie boot menu I'm so familiar with. And I used that to boot my FreeBSD box. I'm jazzed. I wish golf were this easy. Thanks gentlemen. -Dan On 9/16/06, Jeff Rollin wrote: > > > > On 17/09/06, Dan Bikle wrote: > > > People, > > > > this is great info; thanks for taking time to type it up. > > I'm now convinced that Grub is good. > > > > On my FreeBSD box I see this: > > > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ cat /etc/fstab > > # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump > > Pass# > > /dev/ad8s3b none swap sw 0 > > 0 > > /dev/ad8s3a / ufs rw 1 > > 1 > > ##/dev/ad8s4a /u1 ufs rw 1 > > 1 > > /dev/acd0 /dvd1 cd9660 ro,noauto 0 > > 0 > > /dev/acd1 /dvd2 cd9660 ro,noauto 0 > > 0 > > linprocfs /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0 > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ > > > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > > /dev/ad8s3a 91913630 37443012 47117528 44% / > > devfs 1 1 0 100% /dev > > linprocfs 4 4 0 100% /usr/compat/linux/proc > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 5 $ > > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 5 $ > > > > Comparing that with the information in the mail list > > and this page: > > > > http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-apr2006.html#21 > > suggests to me, > > that this Grub entry would be appropriate: > > > > title FreeBSD 5.5 > > root (hd8,2,a) > > kernel /boot/loader > > > > Dang, I always mix up XP and FBSD syntax. Yes, that looks fine. Good luck! > > > Jeff > >