Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 15:15:06 -0800 From: Charlie Schluting <charlie@schluting.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Grub Message-ID: <401ED9FA.2000307@schluting.com> In-Reply-To: <401ED94C.4010306@joe-lewis.com> References: <401E9F55.7010301@schluting.com> <401ED94C.4010306@joe-lewis.com>
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Joe Lewis wrote: > Try : > > root (hd0,3) > chainloader +1 > > This causes the grub program to load the first sector of the BSD > partition, which is a subMBR and handles loading the OS. > > Joe > I'm posting this to the list, because I couldn't find it documented anywhere. I was looking around about how to install the fbsd boot manager to the boot sector of this partition, but it seems it is done by default. Removing 'kernel /boot/loader' and adding 'chainloader +1' (instead of keeping both, like some docs suggest) worked perfectly. Thanks Joe! > Charlie Schluting wrote: > >> root(hd0,3,a) >> kernel /boot/loader >> >> Upon boot attempt, I see: >> >> Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 >> Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition. >>
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