Re: grub-install problems on FreeBDS 9.0

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 03.02.2012 13:34, Mike Sn wrote:
>      Good day! I've install FreeBSD 9.0 (amd64) on my machine and install
> grub2 (pkg_add -r grub2). I saw some problem with installing it
> (grub-install hd0). First problem in line (/usr/local/sbin/grub-install):
>
> # Write device to a variable so we don't have to traverse /dev every time.
> grub_device=`$grub_probe --target=device ${grubdir}`
>
> grub-probe returns /dev/ada0s2a but for installation needs /dev/ada0s2
If they both point to the same actual space it shouldn't be of any 
issue. Did it create any problems?
> Second problem arises with calling with hd0 value (grub-install hd0). I
> avoided this problem. I called grub-install /dev/ad4 and had success!
grub-install hd0 was deprecated and removed because device name 
problems. grub-install /dev/ad4 is now the only supported way.
> My HDD description:
>    /dev/ad4s1 - ntfs
>    /dev/ad4s2a - /
>    /dev/ad4s2b - swap


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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko