On Thursday 13 November 2008, Unga wrote: > --- On Thu, 11/13/08, Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: GRUB: Filesystem type unknown (ufs2) > > To: "Unga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008, 7:21 PM > > > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 03:16:40AM -0800, Unga wrote: > > > --- On Thu, 11/13/08, Jeremy Chadwick > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > How about asking the GNU GRUB folks if GRUB 0.97 > > > > supports > > > > > > UFS2? > > > > > > It seems some old version of GRUB on a old version of > > > > FreeBSD has worked: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2004-May/006944.html > > > > > > Also, GRUB is up to 1.96, and does work with > > > > amd64. The > > > > > > port is > > > > horribly outdated. > > > > > > I don't mind try GRUB 1.96. The problem is I have > > > > never used GRUB2 and I have no idea how to configure it. Is > > there a good notes/documentation on how to use GRUB2? What > > I need basically is where to put files (eg. stage1, stage2 > > and *_stage1_5 of GRUB1 in /boot/grub/.) and a sample > > configuration file. Anyway meanwhile I'll try to find > > some documentation. > > > > > > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/ > > > > > > I got my file from above location. > > > > I think these kinds of questions should probably go to the > > GNU GRUB > > folks though, don't you think? I don't mean to > > sound like I'm stepping > > on your efforts, but the sysutils/grub port has very little > > to it > > (meaning, issues/problems of this type should very likely > > be issues with > > GRUB itself and not with the port or FreeBSD). > > Well, I thought FreeBSD guys use GRUB. Its easy to communicate with those > who use FreeBSD rather than those who use Linux and discuss mostly on a > theoretical basis. > > I mostly wanted to know does GRUB works for other FreeBSD users. If so, I > could investigate what went wrong on mine. > > Btw, I did not use the port, its straight away compiled from sources. That > I mentioned as the first line in my original post. > > Regards > Unga
I've used GRUB in the past to boot FreeBSD. The GRUB boot directory was located on the FreeBSD root partition, so it can work. I did use the port though. -- Pieter de Goeje _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
