Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:01:21 +0100 From: Arne Schwabe <schwabe@uni-paderborn.de> To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-mobile <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Run Current on a MacBook Message-ID: <47550951.2030100@uni-paderborn.de> In-Reply-To: <4754A046.7010909@FreeBSD.org> References: <20071129114620.16752mjgtqsqtxyc@intranet.encontacto.net> <475048BC.7070904@FreeBSD.org> <1196713825.87269.52.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <4754A046.7010909@FreeBSD.org>
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Rui Paulo schrieb: > Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >> On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 17:30 +0000, Rui Paulo wrote: >>> eculp wrote: >>>> I am a half step away from buying a MacBook based on the following >>>> assumptions: >>>> >>>> 1. I should run current and it has the SMP problem fixed. >>> The fix was not yet committed. >>> >>>> 2. It can be dual booted between OSX and FreeBSD? >>>> a. The handbook only mentions that it can be run as a guest OS. >>> The handbook doesn't mention anything about running FreeBSD on a >>> MacBook. You probably want to read http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook >>> >>>> b. Is there a short list to run both OS's I've done this with >>>> windows many times over the years but I have on idea where to >>>> start with Mac. Example: Clean the disk and start with FBSD >>>> or somehow compress the MacOSX file system and use the rest >>>> for BSD, etc. etc. >>> * Partition your drive witht Bootcamp >>> * Install rEFIt. http://refit.sf.net/ >>> * Boot FreeBSD install CD and install it to the desired partition. >>> Don't install an MBR boot manager. >>> * Sync your MBR with the GPT by using the refit tool (available in >>> the refit boot menu). >> >> I've tried this procedure twice now, and the results are the same: even >> after selecting "None" for the boot manager, by GPT gets overridden with >> an MBR. Almost everything works fine after that. rEFIt allows me to >> boot into MacOS X or FreeBSD, but the gptsync tool does not work, and I >> couldn't upgrade to Leopard until I re-partitioned my drive (which I >> did, and ended up right back with an MBR after installing FreeBSD). >> >> If there's some trick to this I'm missing, I'd love to know before >> "Puma" comes out. > Puma is 10.1 ;) > Well, I think that if you restore your MBR to a PMBR* (a GPT MBR) you > lose the ability to boot FreeBSD beecause rEFIt seems to expect a > FreeBSD MBR, IIRC. But on the other hand, you probably need a PMBR > (i.e. have your disk with operating systems that can boot from GPT) to > upgrade Mac OS X. > > Yes, I know, it's horrible. :-( > I my case creating the "FreeBSD" parition with the disk utility and simply use that parition for FreeBSD worked fine for me. Arne
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