Add FreeBSD to Grub Menu

[Antonio Olivares]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wingators at inbox.com
> Sent: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:03:08 -0800
> To: test at lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Add FreeBSD to Grub Menu
> 
> Dear folks,
> 
> I have a machine that has FreeBSD 9 and Fedora 18 Alpha. I try to add
> FreeBSD to grub menu and it is failing to add it.
> 
> I have added the following to 40_custom
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> exec tail -n +3 $0
> # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply
> type the
> # menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to
> change
> # the 'exec tail' line above.
> menuentry "FreeBSD" {
>     insmod part_msdos
>     set root='(hd0,msdos3)'
>     chainloader +1
> }
> 
> I have carefully read the wiki:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2
> 
> I have run
> 
> # grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
> 
> I only see the default fedora kernel and boot from Spherical Cow.  How
> can I make sure that the menu entry is added?
> 
> Thanks for any and all advice given to address this problem.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Antonio
> --

In case it is important, the disk layout is here:

[olivares at localhost ~]$ su -c 'fdisk -l'
Password: 

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes, 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00039b37

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *          63   125829143    62914540+  a5  FreeBSD
/dev/sda2       125831168   126855167      512000   83  Linux
/dev/sda3       126855168   193640447    33392640   83  Linux
/dev/sda4       193640448   234440703    20400128    5  Extended
/dev/sda5       193644544   226248703    16302080   83  Linux
/dev/sda6       226250752   234440703     4094976   82  Linux swap / Solaris
[olivares at localhost ~]$ 


Regards,


Antonio

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