GRUB Multiple boot

[alex]

Brian Walker wrote:

> Forgive me the basic question, but how would I set up grub to boot 
> BSD? I installed PC-BSD (which hosed grub for my Ubuntu and 
> XPpartitions) so re-installed grub from the Ubuntu partition using the 
> rescue disk. This is my current grub menu.lst:
>

>
> I have 4 partitions: /hda/dev1 for XP, /hda/dev2 is the BSD install, 
> /hda/dev3 swap and /hda/dev4 for Ubuntu. How would I set up /hda/dev2 
> to allow me to boot into BSD?

I've never seen partitions labelled this way..... I presume you mean
   hda1 XP      hda2  BSD       hda3  swap        hda4  ubuntu

My guessyour GRUB  is in Ubuntu because there's no entry for BSD.there 
and I don't know if there was an opportunity to creat GRUB when you 
installed BSD..

What I would try first is  copy the first Ubuntu entry and put it after 
the last Ubuntu command set.........
SEE THE EXAMPLE AFTER YOUR  LAST Ubuntu  ENTRY BELOW

then  change  all the  numbers marked with X  to  BSD numbers....  
kernel, and the partitions, (hd0,1)   and hda2
The kernel and initrd texts are critical and may need some changes but 
try it with just the numbers first..
This may be all that's necessary

Good luck, alex

> (snipped extra stuff)
>
> title        Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.10-5-686
> root        (hd0,3)
> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-686 root=/dev/hda4 ro quiet splash
> initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-5-686
> savedefault
> boot
>
> title        Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.10-5-686 (recovery mode)
> root        (hd0,3)
> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-686 root=/dev/hda4 ro single
> initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-5-686
> savedefault
> boot
>
> title        Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.10-5-386
> root        (hd0,3)
> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-386 root=/dev/hda4 ro quiet splash
> initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-5-386
> savedefault
> boot
>
> title        Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.10-5-386 (recovery mode)
> root        (hd0,3)
> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-386 root=/dev/hda4 ro single
> initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-5-386
> savedefault
> boot
>
> title        Ubuntu, kernel memtest86+
> root        (hd0,3)
> kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin 
> savedefault
> boot

title        BSD   X.X.X-X-XXX
root        (hd0,1)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-X.X.X-X-XXX root=/dev/hda2 ro quiet splash
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-X.X.X,-X-XXX
savedefault
boot

>
> ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
>
> # This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the 
> Debian
> # ones.
> title        Other operating systems:
> root
>
>
> # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a 
> non-linux OS
> # on /dev/hda1
> title        Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> root        (hd0,0)
> savedefault
> makeactive
> chainloader    +1

>
> I have 4 partitions: /hda/dev1 for XP, /hda/dev2 is the BSD install, 
> /hda/dev3 swap and /hda/dev4 for Ubuntu. How would I set up /hda/dev2 
> to allow me to boot into BSD?

I've never seen partitions labelled this way..... I presume you mean
   hda1 XP      hda2  BSD       hda3  swap        hda4  ubuntu


> Brian
>
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