How to boot FreeBSD and linux from FreeBSD MBR?

[matt]

On 10/26/12 22:14, Yuri wrote:
> When I installed ubuntu on another partition, it overwrote BSD MBR
> with grub one.
> Now grub boots ubuntu without even asking what to boot.
> When I tried to restore BSD MBR, BSD boots but linux doesn't. This is
> because there is no bootable PBR in linux partition.
> When I tried to install grub into PBR on its own partition, like
> someone online suggested, it refused with the message that this is
> dangerous, etc.
>
> So is there a way to boot both linux and BSD from BSD MBR (by pressing
> F2 or whatever)?
> Are there quick instructions anywhere?
> I just don't want grub to take over the boot process.
>
> Yuri
>
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This means you have grub2. It is slow as molasses and has to be the mbr.
You could chainload freebsd's partition under a separate entry, like
Windows The partition bootcode for FreeBSD will boot it from there. You
can also boot loader or kernel directly from grub, your choice.

Matt