From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 4 08:01:28 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC9E016A418 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 08:01:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from schwabe@uni-paderborn.de) Received: from mail.blinkt.de (mail.blinkt.de [88.198.169.219]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B0AB13C44B for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 08:01:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from schwabe@uni-paderborn.de) Received: from dslb-084-061-129-015.pools.arcor-ip.net ([84.61.129.15] helo=styx.local) by mail.blinkt.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1IzSiY-000NHs-Sv; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:01:23 +0100 Message-ID: <47550951.2030100@uni-paderborn.de> Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:01:21 +0100 From: Arne Schwabe User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; de; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071031 Thunderbird/2.0.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rui Paulo References: <20071129114620.16752mjgtqsqtxyc@intranet.encontacto.net> <475048BC.7070904@FreeBSD.org> <1196713825.87269.52.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <4754A046.7010909@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4754A046.7010909@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Current , freebsd-mobile Subject: Re: Run Current on a MacBook X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:01:28 -0000 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