Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:08:43 +0100 From: Gyrd Thane Lange <gyrd-se@thanelange.no> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com Subject: Re: Cannot boot - creating partition and installing FreeBSD is [solved] Message-ID: <50B8A1CB.3010007@thanelange.no> In-Reply-To: <87fw3tj9m1.fsf@oak.localnet> References: <1353795280.2662.12.camel@q> <20121124233520.7ad4b4be.freebsd@edvax.de> <1353798889.2662.46.camel@q> <20121125002717.11a61c8d.freebsd@edvax.de> <1353807268.2773.16.camel@q> <20121125131908.671f6d31.freebsd@edvax.de> <1353846552.2508.23.camel@q> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211251322500.23965@wonkity.com> <1353877782.2508.225.camel@q> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211251421160.23965@wonkity.com> <1354029192.2827.11.camel@q> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211270901130.56247@wonkity.com> <1354046327.2528.15.camel@q> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211271653330.60249@wonkity.com> <1354086404.2528.89.camel@q> <1354119648.3152.4.camel@q> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211280923390.66068@wonkity.com> <1354156932.2393.22.camel@q> <87fw3tj9m1.fsf@oak.localnet>
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On 29.11.2012 05:50, Carl Johnson wrote: > Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> writes: > >> Installing PC-BSD 8.2 x64 did work without issues. I unchecked the >> bootloader install. Linux grub legacy until now is unable to boot BSD, >> because of "Error17: Cannot mount selected partition" >> >> spinymouse@q:~$ cat /boot/grub/menu.lst >> timeout 8 >> default 0 >> color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue >> >> title FreeBSD >> root (hd0,a) >> kernel /boot/loader >> >> [snip] >> >> Linux only recognize the slice, but not what's inside it: >> spinymouse@q:~$ sudo fdisk -l > > You might want to try a chainloader boot from grub. The following is a > chainloader rule that I have used, as well as a normal loader boot. I > use the loader boot, but I also tested the chainloader boot. You will > need a ufs2_stage1_5 file in your grub directory for a loader boot, and > linux grub might not have it available. > > title FreeBSD, sda3 (oak) chainloader > root (hd1,2) > chainloader +1 > boot > > title FreeBSD, sda3 (oak) /boot/loader > root (hd1,2,a) > kernel /boot/loader > boot In case you have not got it working yet, I can offer a glimmer of hope by telling how I managed to multi boot Linux and FreeBSD on MBR logical partitions. By using the grub patch at: <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=158362>; ports/158362: sysutils/grub [patch] allow GRUB to boot FreeBSD from an extended partition You must rebuild and reinstall grub (from Linux I guess). My install is fairly old and from the days when sysutils/grub at least was installable from within FreeBSD i386. The patch itself does not touch FreeBSD sources, only grub. So I expect it will build from any OS/machine that can build grub. When installed I can boot FreeBSD from an MBR logical partition like so: title FreeBSD CURRENT (amd64) (disk1, logical partition s11) root (hd0,10,a) kernel /boot/loader boot Depending upon how recent version of FreeBSD you have installed you may have to config the FreeBSD loader to find its root file system. 10-CURRENT should be okay. Best regards, Gyrd ^_^
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