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Old November 25th, 2009, 08:36
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Default Configuring grub with Pcbsd
Vostro 1310(laptop)
So, I installed pcbsd, installed nicely, I didn't install the bootmanager because then it would take over grub, which has Ubuntu and Windows.

So then I do update-grub, it doesn't see pcbsd... ok then.
(Also note I am on the awful grub2, grub1 I could have solved this myself)

Then I go to /boot/grub(this is on ubuntu) and look for menu.lst, wait there is no menu.lst anymore, it's grub.cnf which is non editable. Ok then I get confused, and just go to grub commandline on bootup:

I know pcbsd is on /dev/sda3 or how grub will see it (hd0,3)

SO I do:
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/loader
unknown command 'kernel'

Uh, why doesn't it know what the command kernel is? Well grub2 changed this into a command called linux. I have no idea why the heck they are making my life worse.

So I do linux /boot/loader
error: Invalid magic number


Anyone have any ideas? I'm lost.

Things I have learned: *beep**beep**beep**beep* grub2.
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Old November 25th, 2009, 08:43
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Try:
Code:
os-prober
update-grub
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Old November 25th, 2009, 09:34
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No luck D:
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Old November 25th, 2009, 09:37
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I saw this thread http://forums.pcbsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14668
And the last post intrigued me,
Quote:
50_pcbsd in the directory /etc/grub.d/ and ran update-grub. The contents of the file are:

cat << EOF
menuentry "PC-BSD 7.1" {
set root=(hd1,1)
chainloader +1
boot
}
EOF
However this doesn't look like an executable file, and I tried it, nothing... Is there something more to this? (I changed the hd0 obviously)
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Did I saw grub2?
Stick to the good old grub
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Old November 25th, 2009, 09:56
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Too late now, or can I go back? Though there is one thing stopping me from going back, when I lose grub(over written), I don't know how to get it back in grub1. Is it the same as this process https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Gr...talling GRUB 2
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have you tried:

Code:
title PC-BSD
root (hd0,3,a)
kernel /boot/loader
or maybe:

Code:
title PC-BSD
root (hd0,2,a)
kernel /boot/loader
?
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Old November 25th, 2009, 10:32
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Where would that go? There is no menu.lst
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In grub.cfg .. which seems to replace menu.lst

Have this around .. it´ll come really handy:

http://grub.enbug.org/CommandList
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275

Hope that helps
Last edited by gnemmi; November 25th, 2009 at 10:58. Reason: typo: it´s grub.cfg
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Old November 25th, 2009, 10:45
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This is my GRUB config:
Code:
default 0
timeout 5

title Windows XP SP2
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1

title FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p4
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
Windows is on hd1 and FreeBSD is on hd0.
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I know pcbsd is on /dev/sda3 or how grub will see it (hd0,3)
No, /dev/sda3 is (hd0,2) in grub. Don't now grub2, but in grub this should get you going

Code:
root (hd0,2)
chainloader +1
boot
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Old November 25th, 2009, 11:58
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In grub.cfg .. which seems to replace menu.lst

Have this around .. it´ll come really handy:

http://grub.enbug.org/CommandList
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275

Hope that helps
But, if you do update-grub everything will be lost... (Or if the Linux Kernel changes)
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No, /dev/sda3 is (hd0,2) in grub. Don't now grub2, but in grub this should get you going

Code:
root (hd0,2)
chainloader +1
boot
I don't think that's right, well in grub2 anyway, when I go to command line just to type
root (hd0,2) it says no such partition.
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This is my GRUB config:
Code:
default 0
timeout 5

title Windows XP SP2
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1

title FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p4
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
Windows is on hd1 and FreeBSD is on hd0.
When you say grub config, I'm going to assume you are talking about grub.cfg (because there are like a lot of grub configs now D:, and not menu.lst)
But isn't the whole reason of grub2 not to edit the grub.cfg? I don't know, but I'll try that.
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Old November 25th, 2009, 12:17
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Ok so I just edited the grub.cnf

and I did something and t works I will post back what I wrote, because once I do grub-update it will dissapear D:
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Old November 25th, 2009, 12:45
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Ehhh... the installer detected the 8400mgs but I noticed the windows were lagging a bit, so I thought nvidia drivers were not isntalled so I got to ports and try to install nvidia-drivers, but it says it's only for i386, not amd64... You're kidding right, there are no 64bit video drivers?
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nope ...
there are a lot of threads and info on google about that ...
the only official nvidia drivers for FreeBSD are the i386 ...
the only thing close to the amd64 official nvidia drivers have been rumors ... nothing else
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nope ...
there are a lot of threads and info on google about that ...
the only official nvidia drivers for FreeBSD are the i386 ...
the only thing close to the amd64 official nvidia drivers have been rumors ... nothing else
Bah, time to install 32 bit
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nope ...
there are a lot of threads and info on google about that ...
the only official nvidia drivers for FreeBSD are the i386 ...
the only thing close to the amd64 official nvidia drivers have been rumors ... nothing else
More than rumours according to NVIDIA 64-bit FreeBSD Beta Driver By Year's End.
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Oh and for anyone who wonders this is what my grub2 loader looks like, works fine:

Code:
insmod ufs2
root (hd0,3)
chainloader +1
Last edited by DutchDaemon; November 26th, 2009 at 18:33. Reason: use [code] tags (#)
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Try this URL. http://old.nabble.com/Dual-Booting-U...d26154525.html

It explains the process. Hopefully you haven't already pooched you grub.d
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