Re: BE Loader Menu (was Re: rcs)

In article <59.81.16944.C6136525_at_cdptpa-oedge02> you write:
>Sorry for previous typo in From: line, missing right angle bracket at end.
>Then, in a finger error, I resent that message just before finding the error and making the needed correction.
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>from Devin Teske:
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>> I'm late to the party again ;D (didn't realize the rcs thread had turned BE)
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>> Both problems can be solved.
>> The loading of the kernel *after* choosing your boot device is trivial.
>> We've been doing it at $work for *years* (almost a decade?)
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>> I can put that in, whenever. Probably at the same time as implementing
>> the live/dynamic BE menus for selecting the root device.
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>I'd like to know how to boot FreeBSD >= 9.1 with grub2.
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>Following the instructions under $PORTSDIR/sysutils/grub2
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>insmod ufs2
>set root=(hd0,gpt3)
>kfreebsd /boot/loader
>boot
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>stopped working around FreeBSD 9.1-stable.
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If you mean it loads the kernel but then crashes instead of booting it
then your grub2 version is missing this fix:

	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699002

>I used Super Grub2 Disk image on the System Rescue CD written to USB stick.
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 A super grub disk beta version with the mentioned fix is here:

	https://forja.cenatic.es/frs/?group_id=204

(2.00s1b6, it also has fixed autodetection of FreeBSD installs.)

>Recently, I built sysutils/grub2, ran mkrescue, wrote that image to the System Rescue USB stick and made the entry in /syslinux/syslinux.cfg, but haven't tested that yet.
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>What is the method you or PC-BSD uses?
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 PC-BSD uses (more or less?) the sysutils/grub2 port that has the above
fix. (as well as zfs patches etc.)

>I want to use it on FreeBSD 9.2 and 10-current.
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>I tried visiting pcbsd.org website but couldn't find any details.
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>Tom
>
 HTH, :)
	Juergen