On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:24:30 +0100, David wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> Hey all, > > I am trying to set up a dual-boot machine with Debian kFreeBSD (sid) > and Debian Linux (squeeze). The machine has two hard disks, the > first disk has kFreeBSD on it and I want to use this disk to boot > both OSs. Squeeze is on the second disk. The kFreeBSD partition is > UFS and the Squeeze partition is ext3. > > I have successfully installed both distros and wiped grub from the MBR > of the second disk using dd. ..2 words; Big Mistake. ..you wanna put grub on _both_ disks, that way your worst scenario becomes the grub command line, rather than some hung idiot hang. > Other things I tried: ..you did try start at "root [tab]"? Should tell you what grub sees. > I also tried going to the Grub command line and playing around a bit. > This was interesting, because I was able to run "set > root=(hd1,msdos1)" and then I could use the 'ls' command to show the > contents of the second hard disk. So it seems that this line should > not be the problem. I could even list and tab complete the name of > the kernel file, exactly as it is in the menu entry, but then if I > tried to boot the kernel I would get the same 'error: file not found' ..yes, grub, linux, FreeBSD and the bioses sees things _differently_. > message, even though I had not changed the name of the kernel file at > all. ..no need to. ;o) > Cheers, > David > > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
