Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

[Bruce Hunter]

On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 18:02, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 05:35:35PM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote:
> > On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 16:17, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
> > > > 	title FreeBSD 5.2.1
> > > > 	root (hd0,2,a)
> > > > 	kernel /boot/loader
> > > 
> > > Sorry, this should be (hd0,1,a) !  The first slice (windows) is (hd0,0)
> > > and the second is (hd0,1), and you want the root-partition within that
> > > (hd0,1,a).  
> > > 
> > > GH
> > > _______________________________________________
> > 
> > 
> > I have read a few instructions from info grub. I am a little confuzed.
> > There are so many different ways to do this. One way is grub-install
> > /dev/hd0 or stages.
> > 
> > except hd0 is not a device under freebsd. I am trying to install it to
> > the mbr. At least I think that's where I should install it.
> > 
> > i believe ad0s1 is windows and ad0s2 is freebsd
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > flipnode at solid# grub-install /dev/ad0/
> > Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
> > /dev/ad0/: Not found or not a block device.
> > flipnode at solid# grub-install /dev/hd0
> > /dev/hd0: Not found or not a block device.
> > flipnode at solid# grub-install /dev/ad0
> > /dev/ad0 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.
> > flipnode at solid# grub-install /dev/ad0s1
> > /dev/ad0s1 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.
> > flipnode at solid# grub-install /dev/ad0s1
> > /dev/ad0s1 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.
> > flipnode at solid# grub-install /dev/ad0s2
> > /dev/ad0s2 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > just a little confuzed.. :o/
> > 
> > Bruce
> 
> 
> 
> The easiest way (in my opinion) to install Grub is with the interactive
> tool.  Just run "grub" from the commandline, and you'll be dropped in
> the same interactive environment you will enter upon booting when you
> have no grub.conf (or grub cannot find it).  The commands you can enter
> here, are the same as in the grub.conf.  
> 
> The first thing you have to do is copy the stagefiles from
> /usr/local/share/grub/i386-freebsd/ to a directory called /boot in
> either of your partitions (Grub can read many filesystems, including
> UFS, FAT and NTFS).  Also put your grub.conf in that directory.  Then
> start "grub" from the commandline, so you'll get the Grub-prompt.  
> If your boot-directory is on your Windows-drive (C:\BOOT), then you must
> enter "root (hd0,0)" (the Windows-slice), if it is on FreeBSD, then use
> "root (hd0,1,a)" (your root-partition on FreeBSD).  Grub will then check
> if the necessary files are there, and tell you if not.  
> 
> If the files are indeed there, you can install the stage1 into the MBR
> with "setup (hd0)".  Stage1 is just a pointer to stage2 (which actually
> contains Grub), but that one is too big to fit inside the MBR, so it
> must be on one of your filesystems (in the /boot directory, so that the
> stage1 can find it).  
> 
> You could also install Grub into a partition (e.g. "setup (hd0,1)"), but
> that way Grub will not show up at boot, only when you explicitly
> chainload that partition (using another bootloader e.g. FreeBSD's).  
> 
> P.S. 1: the grub.conf file is completely optional, so Grub will not
> complain if it's not there, you will simply be dropped at the Grub-
> commandline at your next reboot.  There you could enter the exact same
> commands as in the config-file, e.g. "root (hd0,1,a)" and "kernel
> /boot/loader" to boot FreeBSD.  But you'll have to confirm with the
> command "boot".  
> 
> P.S. 2: The Grub-commandline provides tab-completion for both devices
> and files.  So, to see all your partitions (and their filesystem-types),
> you could enter ( + Tab.  
> 
> GH

Thanks for the help,

I think I will be able to get it working now, after that information.
The only question I have or comment is. Shouldn't I have the stages and
grub.conf in /boot/grub ? You said /boot. Just wondering which it is.

Thanks again..

Bruce