Well first install Ubuntu, creating a separate /boot partition with 256MB space, a 10GB-ish Ubuntu partition, and leave free space at the end of the hard drive for FreeBSD.
Now install FreeBSD. Boot from USB Disk, chose Install FreeBSD, partitioning for beginners. This will auto-detect the space you've left out earlier for FreeBSD; don't type anything to the Mount Path, it will automatically create a master partition, where it handles the mount points automatically. Unless of course, you want a different partition-setup which you do with the tool here.
Be sure to have the / mounted to a UFS-formatted partition (this should be done for you automatically if you've followed the earlier steps), and proceed with the installation.
After the FreeBSD installer finished and you reboot your computer, you'll get the Linux bootloader, of course with no option to start FreeBSD. So here we go, let's fix GRUB:
Now install FreeBSD. Boot from USB Disk, chose Install FreeBSD, partitioning for beginners. This will auto-detect the space you've left out earlier for FreeBSD; don't type anything to the Mount Path, it will automatically create a master partition, where it handles the mount points automatically. Unless of course, you want a different partition-setup which you do with the tool here.
Be sure to have the / mounted to a UFS-formatted partition (this should be done for you automatically if you've followed the earlier steps), and proceed with the installation.
After the FreeBSD installer finished and you reboot your computer, you'll get the Linux bootloader, of course with no option to start FreeBSD. So here we go, let's fix GRUB:
sudo grub-probe -d /dev/sda1 -t fs_uuidshould tell you the disk you have a UUID for. That should be your FreeBSD disk - now replace my UUID with yours for grub:
sudo vi /etc/grub.d/40_customshould fire you up VI, here's my file:
menuentry 'FreeBSD' { insmod ufs2 insmod bsd search --fs-uuid --no-floppy --set=root 011c86ed-6f2d-48a0-a132-f020c23a045c kfreebsd /boot/kernel/kernel kfreebsd_loadenv /boot/device.hints set FreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ufsid/011c86ed-6f2d-48a0-a132-f020c23a045c set FreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw }Exit vi with :wq, update grub on disk:
sudo update-grubReboot your computer and you should be able to select FreeBSD in Grub now. Drop me a comment how it worked. Cheers!
You may need to install gawk too if Ubuntu complains:
ReplyDelete#sudo apt-get install gawk