I edited /etc/grub.d/10_kfreebsd, and added the line to the end of the kfreebsd_entry() section after the "set kFreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom..." lines. I then ran update-grub, and everything works now. Seems that /etc/grub.d/40_custom is for custom menu entries.
------Original Message------ From: Robert Millan Sender: rmh.ayba...@gmail.com To: David H. Watson Cc: Mailing List - Debian GNU/*BSD Subject: Re: Edit /boot/loader.conf Sent: 5 Oct 2011 13:08 2011/10/5 David Watson <hiranwat...@gmail.com>: > I just noticed that even after following Robert's directions below, when I > go to edit the grub commands at the grub boot screen, the line "set > kFreeBSD.kern.hz=100" does not seem to part of the commands. I have both > kFreeBSD-8.2 and kFreeBSD-8.1 installed, giving me boot possibilities in > grub (normal boot for each kernel + single-user mode boot for each kernel). > And none of the boot commands for each boot possibility contain the kern.hz > command. Why would this be so? How can I ensure that the kern.hz parameter > is set and passed to the kernel upon boot? I'm not sure. Try editting grub.cfg by hand and moving this sentence to the beginning. Maybe the order matters. -- Robert Millan David e: hiranwat...@gmail.com