Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:43:49 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC <freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on my old rusty PowerBook 12" Message-ID: <490BEC95.10705@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20081101033314.GA53970@FreeBSD.org> References: <20081029190724.GH1165@hoeg.nl> <4908C120.3010508@grinz.com> <20081101033314.GA53970@FreeBSD.org>
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Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 03:01:36PM -0500, Ross Gohlke wrote: >> Do you have an old Mac OS X Installer disc? If so, it contains Disk >> Utility, which will allow you to partition the drive, creating a small >> HFS partition and as many UFS(2) partitions as you want. You will need >> to know the identities of each partition when you get to sysinstall. You >> can do this in Disk Utility by selecting each new partition and clicking >> Info. >> >> Older versions (10.1, 10.2) of OS X might use UFS, I'm pretty sure newer >> versions use UFS2. Regardless, Disk Utility simply calls it UNIX File >> System. >> >> This is the first I've heard of ADB support, and I don't own a USB >> keyboard; I used Disk Utility in Tiger (10.4) to create a dual-boot >> drive, so the HFS partition wasn't a problem. > > This sounds like fun. I'd like to be able to dual-boot between OSX and > FreeBSD. Is this procedure documented somewhere (wiki maybe)? Looks > like I have to create three partitions: 800K strapping one, OSX HFS+, > FreeBSD UFS2. Does the loader in 800K needs any treatment to see both > OSes and be able to select which one to boot? The CHRP boot script in the boot1 block I was discussing earlier lets you choose an OS at boot using the standard OF menu system (i.e. press Option at boot time and choose a partition). I haven't added niceties like an appropriate icon yet, though. -Nathan
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