Ubuntu doesn't recognize bsd partition

I installed freebsd 6.2 on hdb1 and then Ubuntu 6.10 on hda9. When Ubuntu installed grub it recognized all the OSs on hda1-9, but not the freebsd. It didn't show up in /etc/fstab either. When I try to manually mount it I get unknown file system. Gparted also shows unknown fs. fdisk shows system as FreeBSD.

Any advise on editing /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/menu.lst so I can mount or boot freebsd?

I noticed the same thing yesterday. The partitionar on the alternative cd can do nothing with the bsd partition, no delete, no format etc.

grub doesn't recognize ufs filesystems. You have to use this to add it:

title FreeBSD rootnoverify(hd0,1) #Change this as necessary chainloader +1 boot

However, I don't know how to mount it.

angryfirelord said: grub doesn't recognize ufs filesystems. You have to use this to add it:

title FreeBSD rootnoverify(hd0,1) #Change this as necessary chainloader +1 boot .

I did this and it got me to the freebsd boot options screen. It boots if I select safe mode, but if I select the default option it can't mount the kernel.:confused:

Try without the noverify statement......worked on my PCBSD dual boot

good luck

angryfirelord said: grub doesn't recognize ufs filesystems. You have to use this to add it:

title FreeBSD rootnoverify(hd0,1) #Change this as necessary chainloader +1 boot

However, I don't know how to mount it.

Yeah that worked for me, I don't think linux has support for the ufs or perhaps it's not compiled into the ubuntu kernel

You have probably solved your problem, but I added the following to my menu.list:

# For booting FreeBSD 

title FreeBSD 
root (hd1,a) 
kernel /boot/loader 
boot

which boots my FreeBSD very nicely.

My Ubuntu is on a SATA disk and my BIOS is set to boot from that first. So grub is on that disk. I have FreeBSD on a PATA disk, hence the "hd1" in the root command above.