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An example: For getting FreeBSD to boot from second hard drive, the the trick is to use UUID in linux´s /etc/grub.d/40_custom file. Examples: menuentry "FreeBSD search works" { insmod ufs2 insmod part_msdos insmod search_fs_uuid search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root xxxxxxxxxx kfreebsd...

I got the idea to install FreeBSD with Windows dual booting but the docs I've encountered are so complicated, I understand nothing. Please could anybody help me? Thank you

No separate boot partition or grub is needed. Get the memstick image from : https://download.freebsd.org/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/14.3/ and write it to a usb stick Boot the usb stick and drop into a shell Create and format the ufs partition on the hdd/sdd. gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a...

I just recently installed libreboot on my Lenovo ThinkPad T480 with the hope I could run FreeBSD on it, but unfortunately the installer doesn't work for me. The last things I see while booting are 'can't find /etc/hostid' and 'can't find /boot/entropy', but to my understanding these are just...

It partially works with this, but I have three entries like this that only changes hd0,hd1,hd2. Because it changes every time the PC boots. So I select which one that works at a given time. Sometimes it's hd1 one, or hd2. It changes every damn time. How to make it work every time? menuentry...

I am dual-booting WattOS (Debian 12) and FreeBSD 14.0 on my Thinkpad T410s on each of their own Disks I tried os-probing to detect the FreeBSD boot partition, but it didn't work. It seems that I have to manually add an entry on the Grub menu, but I do not know how to add it My disks...

My 1st post, and I'm trying to follow the rules, sorry if I make any mistakes, as my English is not good. I'm a beginner at FreeBSD, and knowing how to fix the boot and configure it is the basics of the basics to move on to greater challenges later MAIN OBJECTIVE: Know how to fix FreeBSD boot...

Hello. I'm a FreeBSD user since some years. After having used Linux for 20 years, I took the decision to stop using it a little bit because of some technical reasons,mainly tied to the package management. Now that I'm using FreeBSD,I don't regret that choice,because the package management of...

Today I have installed two more OS in my PC based on debian10,win10(/dev/sda2) + FreeBSD (/dev/sdb2). I want to write all win10 + FreeBSD boot loader into grub.cfg. debian@debian:~$ sudo os-prober /dev/sda2@/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi:Windows Boot Manager:Windows:efi /dev/sdb2:FreeBSD...

Can the freebsd loader load a linux kernel or chainload ? If this would we good news because then i can put freebsd-on-zfs, void-linux-on-zfs, alpine-linux-on-zfs on the same zpool. Why would you this? Just because you can.

Hello, Folks. I have FreeBSD installed on the 5th partition of a GPT-based disk on a Mac Mini. In Grub, I have a custom menu entry file that looks like this: menuentry "FreeBSD" { insmod ufs2 insmod part_gpt set root=(hd1,5)...

Hi dear Daemons I tried to make a dual-boot with Ubuntu 20.10 and FreeBSD 12.2. To help me, I followed this great tuto: https://hauweele.net/~gawen/blog/?p=2252 When I try to boot FreeBSD from my GRUB menu entry, I got the error "Image has invalid negative size". Booting on Ubuntu works...

Tell me who knows!! How to double-boot Windows 7 and FreeBSD from 2 separate disks. Tried to install FreeBSD 12.1 RELEASE amd64. grub2 in packages and ports no! It was in packages a year ago. Installed a year ago c grub2 everything worked, where grub2, skype disappeared... Can who build grub2...

I am trying to install FreeBSD to the same HDD to which my Linux and Windows are installed; so it may be called triple-boot. I am using EFI-compatible firmware and a version of grub that on startup offers me to load one of the 2 systems that I have installed; now I want to install FreeBSD as the...

Hello, How to dual boot FreeBSD and Linux for Newbies with BSD Boot Loader and no grub? I destroyed the 500 GB with gpart. gpart destroy -F ada0. I created with gpart the first partition of 250GB, and I copied the boot loader to get BTX loader. I did add the two areas, and I formatted with...

We have a laptop with two SSDs. Originally, there was only one SSD, and it had Ubuntu installed on it. We added a second SSD (500 GB) and installed FreeBSD on 100GB of it. We had a little trouble getting FreeBSD to show up in GRUB, but we finally we got it working by adding some lines to the...

I have got installed Debian 9 Stretch and FreeBSD with UFS boot partition and root filesystem on ZFS. I use GPT scheme of partitioning on a legacy BIOS. Here's content of /etc/grub.d/40_custom: menuentry "FreeBSD" { insmod bsd insmod ufs2 set root='(hd0,gpt5)' chainloader +1 }...

Hi all, I'm posting my question here because it seems like my problem is specific to FreeBSD. I have a Dell laptop with Windows installed. I have installed Arch Linux on another partition, and it successfully detects Windows and allows me to boot it from the GRUB menu. I have also installed...

Hi, This is a crossover question because it involves the grub boot loader from Linux and FreeBSD's kernel. I have successfully booted into FreeBSD from grub, but the process produces an environment that is not 100% consistent (upgrading using freebsd-update has an issue, described below). My...

Let's suppose that you've installed GNU/Linux with its GRUB. Now you had a previous installation of FreeBSD, but you can't enter to it. The solution it's simple. Edit grub.cfg and add to it this part: menuentry "FreeBSD" --class freebsd --class bsd --class os { insmod ufs2 insmod bsd set...