Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:21:39 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Vladik <pvlad@bigfoot.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Q]4.0-Release file system Message-ID: <200003240221.SAA01023@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:12:44 EST." <38DA88CC.558E41CE@bigfoot.com>
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Try loading the loader (/boot/loader) rather than the kernel. You might also try using the boot0 bootmanager (see the manpage for boot0cfg) with the 'packet' option set, which will DTRT. You may also need to rebuild boot1/boot2 with the 'packet mode' flags set; see the boot1 sources in sys/boot/i386/boot2 for this. Note that these are experimental suggestions that I've had success with; YMMV and these aren't yet ready for prime time. > Hello, > My FreeBSD partition is installed on a cyl. beyound > 1024. So FreeBSD boot manager does not work. > Howerver with 3.4 release I was able to use > this great boot loader called GRUB. In there > I could mount a root file system and then load > the kernel. Something has changed in the 4.0 Release > and while I still can mount the root file system, > the FreeBSD compains that the mounted device > is not the same as specified in /etc/fstab. What > it means is that GRUB's understanding of the > file system format and the 4.0 mount's understanding > of the ffs are different (that means that ffs has changed). > This guess is also enforced by the fact that I can > no longer mount the FreeBSD partion from Linux > (I tried 2.2.14 kernels and 2.3.51) > > What I would like to know first if there any possible > way for me besides GRUB (that does not work now) > to boot my freeBSD either from a harddrive or > from a floppy -- does not matter. > > If you think that this message should go to another > news group, please do not hezitate to let me know. > > Thank you in advance, > Vladislav > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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