boot ghostbsd.iso from grub entry

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jambi
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boot ghostbsd.iso from grub entry

Post by jambi »

is there any way to boot livecd ghostbsd-3.1.iso from grub in linux
i love bsd so much and wanna give ghostbsd a try
i've try a lot of entry's with no luck

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menuentry "GhostBsd" {
  set isofile=/home/joey/Downloads/GhostBSD3.1-gnome2-amd64.iso
  loopback loop $isofile
  kernel (loop)/boot/kernel/kernel.gz
  set kernel.vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/md0
}

menuentry "GhostBSD 1" {
  echo "Loading ..."
  set isofile=(hd0,2)/home/joey/Downloads/GhostBSD3.1-gnome2-amd64.iso
  loopback loop $isofile
  set root=(loop)
  kernel (loop)/boot/kernel/kernel.gz
  set kernel.vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/md0
}
dont work
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bsdkeith
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Re: boot ghostbsd.iso from grub entry

Post by bsdkeith »

The instructions to do so can be found here :-
http://linuxinternationals.org/wiki/ind ... t_from_ISO
However, the (Free)BSD (10.0) kernel is '/boot/kernel/kernel', there is no '.gz', so that could be your problem.
Linux user since 1999; & now a BSD user.
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