Re: Grub problem
Errors on the root will still occur. Grub does that. With BSD, you can set the menu option such as : root (hd0,2) chainloader +1 And it will load the MBR from the BSD partition, which will load the loader, which will load the kernel (the best way, really). Joe Robert Storey wrote: Use the chainloader command to start FBSD, like this: root (hd0,2,a) chainloader +1 boot best regards, Robert On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 01:42:02 -0300 Roy Fokker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i have installed in my computer FBSD 5.1, and RH9. The thing is, when i try to get GRUB to boot FBSD, i get the following error message: root (hd0,2,a) Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 Then, in the GRUB-shell, i get this from auto-completion. Partition num: 2, [BSD sub-partitions immediately follow] BSD Partition num:'a', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD Partition num:'b', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD Partition num:'d', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD Partition num:'e', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD Partition num:'f', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 And i'm guessing that it is because of this, it then grub kernel /boot/loader ro root=/dev/hda3 Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition This is an extract of my grub.conf. I looked for info about this, and found no other reference. title FreeBSD 5.1 Release root (hd0,2,a) kernel/boot/loader ro root=/dev/hda3 I will appreciate any input. Thanks. Alejandro, from BA, Argentina. _ Nuevo MSN Messenger [1]Una forma rápida y divertida de enviar mensajes References 1. http://g.msn.com/8HMBESAR/2728??PS= ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Grub problem
Hi, i have installed in my computer FBSD 5.1, and RH9. The thing is, when i try to get GRUB to boot FBSD, i get the following error message: root (hd0,2,a) Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 Then, in the GRUB-shell, i get this from auto-completion. Partition num: 2, [BSD sub-partitions immediately follow] BSD Partition num: 'a', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD Partition num: 'b', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD Partition num: 'd', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD Partition num: 'e', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD Partition num: 'f', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 And i'm guessing that it is because of this, it then grub kernel /boot/loader ro root=/dev/hda3 Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition This is an extract of my grub.conf. I looked for info about this, and found no other reference. title FreeBSD 5.1 Release root (hd0,2,a) kernel /boot/loader ro root=/dev/hda3 I will appreciate any input. Thanks. Alejandro, from BA, Argentina. _ Nuevo MSN Messenger [1]Una forma rápida y divertida de enviar mensajes References 1. http://g.msn.com/8HMBESAR/2728??PS= ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Grub problem
Use the chainloader command to start FBSD, like this: root (hd0,2,a) chainloader +1 boot best regards, Robert On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 01:42:02 -0300 Roy Fokker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i have installed in my computer FBSD 5.1, and RH9. The thing is, when i try to get GRUB to boot FBSD, i get the following error message: root (hd0,2,a) Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 Then, in the GRUB-shell, i get this from auto-completion. Partition num: 2, [BSD sub-partitions immediately follow] BSD Partition num:'a', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD Partition num:'b', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD Partition num:'d', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD Partition num:'e', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 BSD Partition num:'f', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 And i'm guessing that it is because of this, it then grub kernel /boot/loader ro root=/dev/hda3 Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition This is an extract of my grub.conf. I looked for info about this, and found no other reference. title FreeBSD 5.1 Release root (hd0,2,a) kernel/boot/loader ro root=/dev/hda3 I will appreciate any input. Thanks. Alejandro, from BA, Argentina. _ Nuevo MSN Messenger [1]Una forma rápida y divertida de enviar mensajes References 1. http://g.msn.com/8HMBESAR/2728??PS= ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD 4.7 + WinXP + GRUB problem
I attempted to set up a notebook with a single drive to dual-boot and now I am having a problem booting into XP. Here's the story: I split a notebook's hard drive in half (10GB each half) and installed XP (NTFS) on the first parition. I installed FreeBSD 4.7-Release on the second half. I was originally unable to boot FreeBSD, but this was because I did not select a boot manager during the install phase. I went back into /stand/sysintall and installed the FreeBSD boot loader. Upon a reboot, I was presented with the F1 ?? F2 FreeBSD menu and was able to boot either OS without any problems. Yeah. I thought that it would be fun to try GRUB, so I did the following: 1. Built the GRUB port 2. Made the directory /boot/grub and moved the stage1, stage2, and *stage1_5 files there from /usr/local/share/grub/i386-freebsd 3. I created a menu.lst file under /boot/grub with the following in it: (only relevant sections shown) title FreeBSD root (hd0,1,a) kernel /boot/loader title WinXP root (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 4. I created a GRUB boot floppy per the instructions in the manual, rebooted, and performed the following steps: grub find /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,1,a) grub root (hd0,1,a) Filesystem type is ffs, partition type 0xa5 grub setup (hd0,0) Checking if /boot/grub/stage1 exists... yes Checking if /boot/grub/stage2 exists... yes Checking if /boot/grub/ffs_stage1_5 exists... yes Running embed /boot/grub/ffs_stage1_5 (hd0,0)... failed (this is not fatal) Running embed /boot/grub/ffs_stage1_5 (hd0,1,a)... failed (this is not fatal) Running install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,0) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu.lst ... Succeeded Done. grub reboot I wasn't sure what to think of the warnings, so I proceeded. After the reboot, I got the same F1, F2 menu that I started with. 5. I used my XP CD to repair the MBR thinking that it was the problem. I ran fixmbr and rebooted. Upon the reboot, I got the GRUB menu. Selecting the FreeBSD option worked fine, but selecting WinXP returned me to the menu. I was able to see a very quick error message saying, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7 before the menu was redrawn. 6. I rebooted using the GRUB boot floppy, and repeated step 4. This time, I substituted setup(hd0) for (hd0,0). Does that make a difference? I got the same behavior as before - FreeBSD boots, XP does not. I tried writing a new MBR once again, issuing commands from the GRUB prompt, changing root to rootnoverify in the WinXP commands. No good. Any suggestions as to where I went wrong and how I can get my WinXP install back or is it too late for me? If it is too late, should I be able to reinstall XP on the first partition and maintain my FreeBSD install on the second? Thanks, Aron -- Aron J. Silverton Senior Staff Research Engineer Motorola Laboratories, Networks and Infrastructure Research Motorola, Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: FreeBSD 4.7 + WinXP + GRUB problem
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 12:35:53AM -0600, Aron Silverton wrote: title FreeBSD root (hd0,1,a) kernel /boot/loader title WinXP root (hd0,0) Change that to rootnoverify and see if it helps 6. I rebooted using the GRUB boot floppy, and repeated step 4. This time, I substituted setup(hd0) for (hd0,0). Does that make a difference? hd0 is usually what is used. Any suggestions as to where I went wrong and how I can get my WinXP install back or is it too late for me? If it is too late, should I be able to reinstall XP on the first partition and maintain my FreeBSD install on the second? Shouldn't be too late. I have a page on Grub that might or might not be of use, as it's dated, at http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/grub.html HTH -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 D575 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 (In response to being asked to fight a troll) Spike: I would, but I'm paralyzed with not caring very much. msg12331/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
