Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 06:30:21 +0800 From: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot with GRUB Message-ID: <20030625063021.2d6cfe00.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> In-Reply-To: <m3isqvnmza.fsf@borg.borderworlds.dk> References: <20030625055048.1671416d.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> <m3isqvnmza.fsf@borg.borderworlds.dk>
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On 25 Jun 2003 00:12:57 +0200 Christian Laursen <xi@borderworlds.dk> wrote: > Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> writes: > > > I recently installed 5.1-RELEASE - I was previously using 5.0. > > > > When I had 5.0, I could easily boot FBSD from GRUB using these > > settings in my Linux's /boot/grub/menu.lst file: > > > > title FreeBSD > > root (hd0,1,a) > > kernel /boot/loader > > boot > > > > These settings no longer work, and I get an error message that Linux > > does not recognize this (FBSD's) filesystem. > > Is your / filesystem by any chance UFS2? > > I don't think GRUB can read that yet. UFS1 should be fine though. > (It certainly works for me with FreeBSD 5.1) > > -- > Best regards > Christian Laursen Dear Christian, I believe you are right, my filesystem is UFS2. Changing the filesystem back to UFS1 is probably more than I'd want to do, so I guess I'll stick with booting using GAG (on a floppy or CDROM) until such time as GRUB acquires the ability to boot UFS2. Thanks for the fast response to my question. best regards, Robert
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