On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:58 AM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > Hi :) > > my apologies for cross-posting this to several Linux mailing lists. > > I need a boot loader for Linux, that is comfortable to use for my needs, > a Linux multi-boot with > trillions of Linux installs, > trillions ^ 2 kernels and > (trillions ^ 2) * 1024 entries with different boot options, so something > as GRUB 2 is unusable for my needs.
Why is Grub unsuitable? > On a FreeBSD mailing list somebody wrote: >> You might want to try a chainloader boot from grub. The following is a >> chainloader rule that I have used, as well as a normal loader boot. I >> use the loader boot, but I also tested the chainloader boot. You will >> need a ufs2_stage1_5 file in your grub directory for a loader boot, and >> linux grub might not have it available. >> >> title FreeBSD, sda3 (oak) chainloader >> root (hd1,2) >> chainloader +1 >> boot >> >> title FreeBSD, sda3 (oak) /boot/loader >> root (hd1,2,a) >> kernel /boot/loader >> boot > > Yes, ufs2_stage1_5 is missing, so when I tested > > #title FreeBSD > #root (hd0,a) > #kernel /boot/loader > > title FreeBSD > rootnoverify (hd0,1) > chainloader +1 > boot > > there was no error, but nothing happened, without the chainloader an > error 17, cannot mount selected partition appeared. Maybe needs the BSD slice listed? or maybe needs "insmod ufs2"? And probably should be "set root=" instead of "rootnoverify" http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=5918 Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFoWM=_SEaFwC4BZaBf0d_Kj6cO2MtwLampU0fm02Nnrb=w...@mail.gmail.com
