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Old 21st June 2008
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Default Having trouble adding 7.0 to GRUB 0.97

As stated in the title I'm trying to add FreeBSD 7.0 to my GRUB 0.97 list. My current attempt is:
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title FreeBSD
root (hd0,2a)
kernel /boot/loader
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
I get error 22 partition not found. The line in fdisk for it is:
# /dev/sda3 5991 7296 10490445 83 Linux
Any help on fixing this would be much appreciated.
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Sometimes some versions of grub have trouble with FreeBSD partitions. I don't really follow grub too much anymore, but it does seem as if you're mixing methods. (I could be wrong about that though, perhaps what you have is generally accepted practice now.)

I would try just these lines and see if it works. In other words, don't add them to what you have, get rid of what you have and try this.

title FreeBSD
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
chainloader +1

See if you have any luck--that just passes it on to the FreeBSD partition and lets the O/S, that is is, the FreeBSD install, worry about its own booting. Note that this method should work even if you chose not to install a boot loader during installation.
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root (hd0,2,a)

Although, depending on the distribution of GRUB(*1_5 files)
you should not use the "a" label descriptor.
In all cases, wether labels ere/are not recognized, tje hard drive descriptor (hd0,2) is sufficient to boot from chainloader +1
Remove the "a" or put a comma before the "a".
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Yuppers, I missed the missing comma. Sigh, I am getting old.
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Yeah, the missing comma is the culprit. Also, GRUB 0.97 is the latest version that's anywhere near stable. GRUB 2 is horribly unstable and unpredictable.
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