Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:09:48 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Ananda Samaddar <ananda.samaddar@vfemail.net> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions about FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Message-ID: <49A72F4C.9090803@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20090227000526.0e6e7d92@ananda-desktop> References: <20090226191342.52d4a36b@ananda-desktop> <49A71EF4.5090203@freebsd.org> <20090227000526.0e6e7d92@ananda-desktop>
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Ananda Samaddar wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:00:04 -0600 > Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> While the installer does not currently provide a partitioning >> mechanism or bootloader installation facility, the operating system >> itself does have this capability, and you can also do it by hand >> (e.g. from OS X). The gpart utility is capable of partioning APM >> disks from the command line, and there is a boot loader image >> (/boot/boot1.hfs) available on -CURRENT that you can dd to an extra >> 800 K partition to get a boot sector that OF will understand. You can >> also partition from OS X and copy the loader (/boot/loader) to an HFS >> partition at that time. >> > > I run Debian on an ibook already so I'm presuming it's similar thing to > what they term a 'New World Boot partition' when you talk about a > 'small partition'. Also can partitions that have been created under > Linux be converted by the installer to UFS2? > Yes, and yes. >> This is remedied in -CURRENT and will be merged to -STABLE in a week >> and a half, barring any reports of problems. >> > > So this will be merged into 7.0 as a compile time option for the > kernel? Does the supplied GCC support Altivec and if so can ports be > recompiled for Altivec support? > It will be in the kernel by default. The supplied gcc does support Altivec, and ports will use it if you set CPUTYPE=7450 or whatever Altivec-supporting CPU you have in /etc/make.conf. I'm currently running a world and all my ports built with Altivec on a G4 iBook very happily. -Nathan
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