Re: Bootstrapping install from GRUB

2005-07-16 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 11:28:28PM +0200, Arne Schwabe wrote: > Ryan Nowakowski wrote: > > >FreeBSD loader doesn't load a kernel from ext2, fat16/32, or network so > >it's not usable in this case. > > > > > you can load the kernel from network via tftp at least with pxe loader > loads the kernel

Re: Bootstrapping install from GRUB

2005-07-15 Thread Arne Schwabe
Ryan Nowakowski wrote: >FreeBSD loader doesn't load a kernel from ext2, fat16/32, or network so >it's not usable in this case. > > you can load the kernel from network via tftp at least with pxe loader loads the kernel via tftp. Arne ___ freebsd-hacke

Re: Bootstrapping install from GRUB

2005-07-15 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
FreeBSD loader doesn't load a kernel from ext2, fat16/32, or network so it's not usable in this case. On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 04:44:21PM +, Maslan wrote: > You can chian load your BSD. > root (hd0,0,a) # if hd0,0 is your kernel's UFS > chainloader +1 > boot > or you can load the loader > root

Re: Bootstrapping install from GRUB

2005-07-15 Thread Maslan
You can chian load your BSD. root (hd0,0,a) # if hd0,0 is your kernel's UFS chainloader +1 boot or you can load the loader root (hd0,0,a) kernel /boot/loader boot On 7/15/05, Ryan Nowakowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 05:19:09PM +0200, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote: >

Re: Bootstrapping install from GRUB

2005-07-15 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 05:19:09PM +0200, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote: > Ryan Nowakowski wrote: > >I'd like to bootstrap a FreeBSD 5.4 install from GRUB or another > >harddrive-based bootloader without using PXEboot. > > > >Problem: GRUB will boot the FreeBSD loader, however I can't get > >the

Re: Bootstrapping install from GRUB

2005-07-15 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
Ryan Nowakowski wrote: I'd like to bootstrap a FreeBSD 5.4 install from GRUB or another harddrive-based bootloader without using PXEboot. Problem: GRUB will boot the FreeBSD loader, however I can't get the loader to read a kernel from any of my existing partitions(ext2, reiserfs, fat16). I kno

Bootstrapping install from GRUB

2005-07-15 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
I'd like to bootstrap a FreeBSD 5.4 install from GRUB or another harddrive-based bootloader without using PXEboot. Problem: GRUB will boot the FreeBSD loader, however I can't get the loader to read a kernel from any of my existing partitions(ext2, reiserfs, fat16). I know it can load a kernel fr