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I've been following an installation guide for FreeBSD and this part seems to be skipped. When I reboot my system after the initial installation it loads to grub boot loader, but in command mode as no options have been setup yet. I have windows10 installed on another drive.

How do I load FreeBSD from this command mode?

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    yeah, it says: 'GNU GRUB version 2.02' 'Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported...' and then 'grub>' Commented Feb 23, 2020 at 17:54

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Reset to default
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Run ls to list the partitions and replace hd0,X with your root partition:

set root=(hd0,X) kfreebsd /boot/kernel/kernel boot
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    error: can't find command 'root' Commented Feb 23, 2020 at 18:10
  • the kernel command doesn't seem to work for me either Commented Feb 23, 2020 at 18:16
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    @koko use kfreebsd instead of kernel Commented Feb 23, 2020 at 18:21
  • can't find 'kfreebsd' either, have I missed something during installation? Commented Feb 23, 2020 at 18:25
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    @koko here is how to boot freebsd from grub2 help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2%20Other%20Os#Direct_Kernel_Boot .kfreebsd is a grub command. Commented Feb 23, 2020 at 18:29
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I'd suggest to install GRUB2WIN.
I have a similar setup; FreeBSD multi-booted with GNU/Linux.

For EFI hardware:

set root=(hdX,Y) chainloader /boot/loader.efi boot

For non-EFI hardware:

set root=(hdX,Y) kfreebsd /boot/loader boot

For EFI hardware + ZFS:

set root=(hdX,Y) chainloader /@/boot/loader.efi boot

For non-EFI hardware + ZFS:

set root=(hdX,Y) kfreebsd /@/boot/loader boot

All of these methods work for me, and I hope they do for you, too.

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