From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 30 06:12:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D89661065679 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:12:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from forkandwait@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f198.google.com (mail-iw0-f198.google.com [209.85.223.198]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D9578FC1D for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:12:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn36 with SMTP id 36so1847196iwn.3 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:12:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=BsliOmYwjK3uaVG6Azl0Cm5+5KX0JeTVjOK43F8eArQ=; b=cR7vQu7hEBtdZB1MXhjEMbK68uscn8ARO2HQfM1eeMhcycbj87MC1+/MCjM4IoEnqR Mx6NKRTH/TapK4DfgYveiHdV0gs9wTPZ0wYMyfExBwBpE2BJOq9Xe8ZhjmR3sCH8kg87 N1+hvs0ukHoWXJQoD6ism8oC/hwyfEWC4bcMg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=SN3GqKHdp3U7mMmC/wdVJiNzp3Z3iMpotKVZ7IsVa8wny3t8iotZOzj6Vubh6x7Mkl 32unE5AUEay03MH2RcLiXSYR3MGroez0uvkByNBpe8+1z8wewgRjfW3zKQwXYNySjJau /98EBTgpDgiJvsuq56CEK3lAlMzvDT8HaD/Vk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.121.93 with SMTP id g29mr146370ibr.13.1259560219854; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:50:19 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:50:19 -0800 Message-ID: <8029763b0911292150t75039f71kc20f9715f697ce88@mail.gmail.com> From: w s To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: FreeBSD only on MacBook? Having problems... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:12:49 -0000 (x posted to http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=8827, my apologies, but no one seems interested there...) I am trying to follow the steps to install FreeBSD 8.0 on my MacBook. I don't want to dual boot or anything, so I am following along here: http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook...15739bad407a8a (Note that earlier I managed to stomp all over the slices trying to partition without reading the directions...) However, it doesn't match my experience exactly, and I don't really have the FreeBSD background to compensate (long time Linux user, and never very hardware focused at all), so here are some starting questions (Note I am in the Fixit shell from the livefs CD): 1. Is "gpart" the same as "gpt"? 2. How can I "lose the GPT"? When I run "# gpart destory ad5" I get "gpart: Device busy". I presume that it is because / is mounted to run the livefs CD. So ... 3. Umm, what do I do now.... If I run "gpart show ad5" I get a bunch of stuff which I would have to type in manually -- let me know which pieces are important and I will do it. TIA!