[Bug 671257] Re: 1.98+20100804-5ubuntu3 no longer allows booting multiple FreeBSD partitions, the version from 10.04 did

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[Expired for grub2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
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** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  1.98+20100804-5ubuntu3 no longer allows booting multiple FreeBSD
  partitions, the version from 10.04 did

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  On my laptop running Ubuntu 10.04 I had the following in
  /etc/grub.d/40_custom:

  menuentry "FreeBSD 9-Current amd64" {
          savedefault
          insmod ufs2
          set root=(hd0,3,a)
          kfreebsd /boot/loader
  }
  menuentry "FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE amd64" {
          savedefault
          insmod ufs2
          set root=(hd0,4,a)
          kfreebsd /boot/loader
  }

  This worked great, and I was able to boot both partitions.

  On a new system I installed 10.10, and this solution no longer works.
  The only thing that I've had any success with is the old method of

  menuentry "FreeBSD" {
  	set root=(hd0,2)
         chainloader +1
  }

  The problem is that this method only allows me to boot the first
  freebsd partition found. If I choose the menu entry for the second
  one, it just boots the first one anyway.

  I've tried numerous variations on the hd settings for the set root
  command, as well as various other combinations of the 2 types of menu
  entries, no joy.

  If anyone can give me the proper set of commands to use to downgrade
  grub2 to the version from 10.04 in the meantime, I would appreciate
  it. Still learning my way around in linux.

  Thanks,

  Doug

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