Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:51:50 -0400 From: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerPC, gpart and multiboot (Was: Trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5) Message-ID: <AANLkTi=na4swbiU6L7gJ7Xhb0QRaMfxXxByRy=xzu-Z0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110314212840.91564b62.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20110113220450.57d09983.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <AANLkTi=6ma_3o9wvoOH92LPk7j1FUa7y=KpsmtAymmGg@mail.gmail.com> <20110114221406.34969090.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <4D31582F.1060300@FreeBSD.org> <20110115190637.7ac32abe.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <AANLkTimBYrU=2=z%2BjscSmcSFO0mF3OGgkc2CU4EcVpcy@mail.gmail.com> <20110122200810.2386cbef.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110313221425.a8d3361f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <4200D52B-ED04-4F6A-BA2A-EAD7DF3EBF37@gmail.com> <20110314212840.91564b62.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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On 3/14/11, Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> wrote: > On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:48:24 -0400 > Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Don't quote me on it, but you might be able to use forth scripts on >> the 'primary' FreeBSD install's root to do what you're asking, >> possibly modifying one of the scripts in ...sys/boot/forth. > > Aha, so there isn't a simple boot manager available (like 'boot0' for i386)? Make the assumption that the bootloader will look for the closest kernel. Try setting up the partitions first and then seeing how sysinstall looks at it. > I would like this to be as painless as possible, once set up. > -- > Torfinn > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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