I mean not as a chainloader. Thanks.

What's your (presumably sensible) objection to chainloading?

Do you bother to Google, esp. Linux Google, for the answer? I found 3 good links in the 1st 3 results.

h..p://www.google.com/search?q=grub+bsd
h..p://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2004-May/006944.html
h..p://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/configure-ubuntu-grub-to-load-freebsd.html
h..p://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/FreeBSD.html

Do you mean like:

root (hdx,x)
kernel /boot/loader ?

Hi guys,

Thanks for the links/examples, but all that information is for FreeBSD which I am already booting directly with Grub. OpenBSD doesn't work the same way. That information doesn't apply.

Thanks,
Rand

from the grub manual

NetBSD
GRUB can load NetBSD a.out and ELF directly, follow these steps:
Set GRUB's root device with root (see root).
Load the kernel with kernel (see kernel). You should append the ugly option --type=netbsd, if you want to load an ELF kernel, like this:
grub> kernel --type=netbsd /netbsd-elf

Run boot (see boot).
For now, however, GRUB doesn't allow you to pass kernel parameters, so it may be better to chain-load it instead. For more information, please see Chain-loading.
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OpenBSD
The booting instruction is exactly the same as for NetBSD (see NetBSD).


2) so it looks like chainloader is the best afterall?