Re: Boot problems

[Antonio Huete Jimenez <ahuete.devel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dave,

You need to disklabel -B the slice of the disk that belongs to DFBSD.
For example, if your linux sdc is detected in dfbsd as ad3, you would
have to do:

disklabel -B ad3s4

Then try the config:

rootnoverify (hd2,3)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Important: You absolutely need to make sure that you are setting the
disklabel -B on the correct disk and slice, otherwise problems will
occur.

Cheers,
Antonio Huete

2010/12/30 Dragon Fly <dragonflybugs@gmail.com>:
> Antonio:
>
> It doesnt, I've tried all possible combination but it failed.
>
> Best,
>
> Dave
>
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Antonio Huete Jimenez
> <ahuete.devel@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> Does it work if you put 'makeactive' right below rootnoverify?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Antonio Huete
>>
>> 2010/12/30 Dragon Fly <dragonflybugs@gmail.com>:
>> > Happy New Year, 2011!
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>> > I have installed FreeBSD (sdc1) and DragonFlyBSD (sdc4) and for some
>> > reason
>> > I am unable to boot DragonFlyBSD (the boot doesnt move) unless I hide
>> > sdc1.
>> > I understand that DragonFlyBSD uses the same partition id (0xA5) as
>> > FreeBSD
>> > and that is what messing up the boot order. I've tried installing
>> > DesktopBSD
>> > as well but when I choose to boot DesktopBSD it boots FreeBSD.
>> >
>> > Here are menu.lst entries -
>> >
>> >
>> >> ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name:
>> >> other###
>> >> title FreeBSD 8.1 i386
>> >> rootnoverify (hd2,0)
>> >> chainloader +1
>> >>
>> >> ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name:
>> >> other###
>> >> title DragonFlyBSD-2.8.2-amd64
>> >> rootnoverify (hd2,3)
>> >> chainloader +1
>> >
>> > Here is Geometry -
>> >
>> >> grub> geometry (hd2)
>> >> drive 0x82: C/H/S = 56065/255/63, The number of sectors = 1953525168,
>> >> /dev/disk
>> >> /by-id/ata-ST31000528AS_6VP53TG2
>> >> Partition num: 0, [BSD sub-partitions immediately follow]
>> >> BSD Partition num: 'a', Filesystem type is ufs2, partition type 0xa5
>> >> BSD Partition num: 'b', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5
>> >> BSD Partition num: 'd', Filesystem type is ufs, partition type 0xa5
>> >> BSD Partition num: 'e', Filesystem type is ufs, partition type 0xa5
>> >> BSD Partition num: 'f', Filesystem type is ufs, partition type 0xa5
>> >> BSD Partition num: 'g', Filesystem type is ufs, partition type 0xa5
>> >> Partition num: 1, Filesystem type is jfs, partition type 0x83
>> >> Partition num: 3, [BSD sub-partitions immediately follow]
>> >> BSD Partition num: 'a', Filesystem type is ufs, partition type 0xa5
>> >> BSD Partition num: 'b', Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5
>> >> BSD Partition num: 'd', Filesystem type is ufs, partition type 0xa5
>> >> BSD Partition num: 'e', Filesystem type is ufs, partition type 0xa5
>> >
>> > I will like to compile DragonFlyBSD kernel with this option -
>> >
>> >> options  ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:ad8s4a\"
>> >
>> > How do I do this (with what command) and should it be ufs:ad8s3a or
>> > ad8s4a.
>> > In /etc/fstab it says s4a. I am booting everything of SUSE GrUB and it
>> > reads
>> > sdc1 partition as (hd2,0) I am a n00b at DragonFlyBSD and will
>> > appreciate
>> > your help.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> > Dave
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