can I boot freeBSD using linux GRUB ?

['chris']

hi

I have 2 harddisc:

- first MASTER with WIN2000
- second SLAVE with linux SUSE 9.1 und freeBSD
(First I have installed freeBSD und afterwords linux)

my second harddisc looks:
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hdb1 Primary Linux ext2 [BOOT] 213.86
hdb5 Logical Linux swap 2155.03
hdb6 Logical Linux ext3 18877.02
hdb3 Boot Primary FreeBSD 10479.01
Primary Free Space 48298.85

I've installed freeBSD with the option:
- None Leave the Master Boot Record untouched

GRUB is installed at the root partition /dev/hdb6 and can boot linux without any problems.

How can I boot freeBSD using GRUB ?

I've tried already with:

title FreeBSD 5.2
root (hd1,3,a)
kernel /boot/loader

at /boot/grub/menu.lst but it doesn't work.

[Tom Ward_1]

Hello Chris,

I do not know BSD, but I've used GRUB. GRUB's numbering is not the same a linux. It starts at zero, so what you show as hdb3 would be hd1,2. I'm not sure the the "a" is there for.

hda1 in lunix maps to hd0,0 in grub.

Hope that helps,
Tom

[Roberto Polli]

on google
http://geodsoft.com/howto/dualboot/grub.htm

Peace, R.

[Roberto Polli]

Maybe your string would be

title FreeBSD 5.2
root (hd1,2,a)
kernel /boot/loader



hdb3 is hd1,2 with grub

Pax, r.