Triple-booting Kubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and PC-BSD

[ElWray]

Hello

I've already set up Kubuntu (Lucid) and windoze.
Now, I just added a second HDD and installed PC-BSD on it (It's a secondary hdd) and GRUB doesn't detect it (tried 'sudo update-grub).

The methods described in the pc-bsd handbook didn't quite help, so... how do I make this work?

Thanks,
ElWray

[neakveaknoreak]

Re: Triple-booting Kubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and PC-BSD

m not vey sure abt this but i use to tripple boot Ubuntu 10.10, Windows 7 and PC-BSD. search for that topic on internet but the easiest way for u i think is to use Easy-BCD. u may go to Neosmart i think download it and install it in windows and follow the instruction from it help on Neosmart website.

[neakveaknoreak]

Re: Triple-booting Kubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and PC-BSD

mayb this could help u. gud luck!
http://www.techonia.com/add-pc-bsd-p...rub-ubuntu-lts

[Gediminas2]

Re: Triple-booting Kubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and PC-BSD

have you tried adding the bsd entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst manually?

it might look something like:

title BSD
root (hd1,1)

also checking the device.map might be useful

[StarWolf]

Re: Triple-booting Kubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and PC-BSD

i used gag bootloader in the past and worked for me http://gag.sourceforge.net/

[ElWray]

Re: Triple-booting Kubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and PC-BSD

have you tried adding the bsd entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst manually?

it might look something like:

title BSD
root (hd1,1)

also checking the device.map might be useful

Apparently there is no device.map in /boot/grub
Same goes for menu.lst; I can't find it.
I do have grub.cfg though and I did try adding BSD there (with /etc/grub.d/40_custom).

Here's what that last entry looks like:

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# 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 "PC-BSD (on /dev/sdb1)" {
insmod ufs
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid
chainloader +1
} ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

[Snowhog]

Re: Triple-booting Kubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and PC-BSD

See How do I add PC BSD / FreeBSD to Grub 2 boot loader?

[neakveaknoreak]

Re: Triple-booting Kubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and PC-BSD

for ElWray, some may suggest abt editing etc/grub.d/40_custom but i may suggest also /boot/grub/menu.lst
go to Konsole then type kdesudo kate (or kwrite) /boot/grub/menu.lst for grub menu. I think ur code is correct. But can u see the PC-BSD on grub entry

[oshunluvr]

Re: Triple-booting Kubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and PC-BSD

Basically, install BSD to the second drive and install it's boot loader to the second drive.

Then "chainload" to the second drive's bootloader.

menuentry 'BSD|' --class os {
set root='(hd1,1)'
chainloader +1
}

This entry goes into /etc/grub.d/40_custom. I assumed BSD is installed on the second drive in partition 1. You may need to change the partition number if your setup is otherwise.

Another possible idea: Use virtualbox to run BSD rather than dual booting.

[ElWray]

Re: Triple-booting Kubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and PC-BSD

That's what I tried already, but it doesn't work (yet?).
I'll just try repartitioning and reinstalling then edit 40_custom again.
Maybe I did something wrong there.

[perspectoff]

Re: Triple-booting Kubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and PC-BSD

IMO, each operating system ought to stick to its own bootloader.

I don't think Grub2 should be used as a universal bootloader and I think it should be used only for (K)Ubuntu systems.

What I do instead is install Grub Legacy in a standalone boot partition and merely use it to chainload other bootloaders.

It is set to chainload the windows bootloader, the Mac bootloader, the Ubuntu bootloader, and the OpenSuse bootloader on my system.

That way when I change things around, delete partitions or OSs, all I have to do is edit the Grub menu.lst in the boot partition.

I leave Grub2 to update itself for the (K)ubuntu OS only, and, in fact, never touch it (after first tweaking it for instant load).

The method I use is at

Kubuntuguide:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Multiple_OS_Installation

[oshunluvr]

Re: Triple-booting Kubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and PC-BSD

That's what I tried already, but it doesn't work (yet?).
I'll just try repartitioning and reinstalling then edit 40_custom again.
Maybe I did something wrong there.

What error messages are you getting?

[ElWray]

Re: Triple-booting Kubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and PC-BSD

That's what I tried already, but it doesn't work (yet?).
I'll just try repartitioning and reinstalling then edit 40_custom again.
Maybe I did something wrong there.

What error messages are you getting?

Absolutely none. It just doesn't show up in the menu when I start the pc

[oshunluvr]

Re: Triple-booting Kubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and PC-BSD

Ok, - so you've put the above entry in /etc/grub.d/40_Custom, run update-grub...

...you should see your manual entry in the list of "detected" OS's.

Then when you boot it simply isn't in the list?

Attach a copy of /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

[Snowhog]

Re: Triple-booting Kubuntu 10.04, Windows 7 and PC-BSD

The 40_custom file has to be executable. If it is not, then it won't be included when running sudo update-grub. If it is executable, but the contents aren't in the proper syntax, the incorrect content won't be inluded.