Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:50:30 -0800 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot boot - creating partition and installing FreeBSD is [solved] Message-ID: <87fw3tj9m1.fsf@oak.localnet> In-Reply-To: <1354156932.2393.22.camel@q> (Ralf Mardorf's message of "Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:42:12 %2B0100") 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>
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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 -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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