Re: [Solved] Re: Cannot boot, was: Re: Can't install NetBSD to ffs2 partition, no errors

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 7 Oct 2022 at 11:45, Ottavio Caruso
<ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 7 Oct 2022 at 12:05, Ottavio Caruso

>
> Recap: on my system (hd0,gpt2) is the second partition containing all
> the EFI boot files (NetBSD, Linux and Windows); (hd0,gpt5) is the
> NetBSD partition.
>
> Steps on Linux:
>
> - Become root;
> - Add these lines to /etc/grub.d/40_custom
>
> menuentry "NetBSD" {
>         insmod part_gpt
>         insmod chain
>         set root=(hd0,gpt5)
>         chainloader (hd0,gpt2)/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi
> }
>
> # update-grub2
> # reboot
>
> The chainloader will go and find the "bootx64.efi" file in the second
> partition. No need to have an efi dedicated partition in the NetBSD
> wedge.
>
> A "NetBSD" entry will appear on the Grub splash screen.

"set root=(hd0,gpt5)" is not necessary.

menuentry "NetBSD" {
        insmod part_gpt
        insmod chain
        chainloader (hd0,gpt2)/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi
}



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