Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-04 Thread Geert Hendrickx
On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 12:19:23AM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote: > Hey, > > Thanks for you help. I figured out my problem. I was trying to install > grub to (hd0) while running gnome. I read some more of the manual for > grub and realized that I had to create a floppy disk to do the > installation. S

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Geert Hendrickx
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 07:44:50PM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote: > Hmm.. I'm root > > I even tried changing the permissions on /dev/ad0 > the device has read and write access.. wierd. > > Maybe instead of setup (hd0) it should be setup (ad0) > But device.map sets the hd0 pointer to /dev/ad0 No, hd0

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Bruce Hunter
Hmm.. I'm root I even tried changing the permissions on /dev/ad0 the device has read and write access.. wierd. Maybe instead of setup (hd0) it should be setup (ad0) But device.map sets the hd0 pointer to /dev/ad0 any other ideas? Bruce On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 19:31, Geert Hendrickx wrote: > Seem

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Geert Hendrickx
Seems as you don't have write permission for /dev/ad0. Did you run grub as root? GH On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 07:21:45PM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote: > I moved all the files and ran the commands that you said. I am having > this problem. > > GNU GRUB version 0.95 (640K lower / 3072K upper m

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Bruce Hunter
I moved all the files and ran the commands that you said. I am having this problem. GNU GRUB version 0.95 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Geert Hendrickx
> Thanks for the help, > > I think I will be able to get it working now, after that information. > The only question I have or comment is. Shouldn't I have the stages and > grub.conf in /boot/grub ? You said /boot. Just wondering which it is. > > Thanks again.. > > Bruce I'm sorry, you're right

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Bruce Hunter
On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 18:02, Geert Hendrickx wrote: > On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 05:35:35PM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 16:17, Geert Hendrickx wrote: > > > > title FreeBSD 5.2.1 > > > > root (hd0,2,a) > > > > kernel /boot/loader > > > > > > Sorry, this

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Geert Hendrickx
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 05:35:35PM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote: > On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 16:17, Geert Hendrickx wrote: > > > title FreeBSD 5.2.1 > > > root (hd0,2,a) > > > kernel /boot/loader > > > > Sorry, this should be (hd0,1,a) ! The first slice (windows) is (hd0,0) > > and the second is (

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Bruce Hunter
On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 16:17, Geert Hendrickx wrote: > > title FreeBSD 5.2.1 > > root (hd0,2,a) > > kernel /boot/loader > > Sorry, this should be (hd0,1,a) ! The first slice (windows) is (hd0,0) > and the second is (hd0,1), and you want the root-partition within that > (hd0,1,a). >

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Geert Hendrickx
> title FreeBSD 5.2.1 > root (hd0,2,a) > kernel /boot/loader Sorry, this should be (hd0,1,a) ! The first slice (windows) is (hd0,0) and the second is (hd0,1), and you want the root-partition within that (hd0,1,a). GH ___ [EMAIL PROT

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Geert Hendrickx
> Here is my hard drive setup > > Partition 0 ) 5g: Windows 2k > Partition 1 ) 35g: Freebsd 5.2.1 In this case, your grub.config would look like this: default 1 timeout 30 title Windows 2000 root (hd0,0) makeactive

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Geert Hendrickx
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 03:01:07PM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote: > Happy 4th! > > okay, now that's out of the way. I am bored with freebsds' boot loader > and want to install Grub from the ports collection. > > My question is: When grub installs, will it find my partitions and set > everything up fo