Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:24:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Mm Bsd <mmbsd1982@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Problems with EFI / partitioning with FreeBSD ONLY mac mini ... from USB drive ... Message-ID: <1320081858.27442.YahooMailClassic@web124716.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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=0AI booted the 8.2-RELEASE CD on my Intel mac mini, which has a thumb driv= e plugged into USB.=0A=0AI promptly entered FIXIT and used dd to zero out t= he ENTIRE internal hard drive.=A0 I may use it, I may not, but for now I wa= nt to reduce variables and I don't want remnants of OSX on that disk trippi= ng me up.=0A=0AI exited FIXIT and proceeded with a plain old install of Fre= eBSD 8.2 onto the thumb drive, which was seen as da0.=A0 Upon rebooting, I = see a folder icon with a question mark inside of it, blinking on the screen= .=A0 The mac mini cannot see an OS to boot.=0A=0AI have tried to solve this= by:=0A=0A- same as above, but "plain old" loader instead of FreeBSD boot m= anager.=A0 Both failed=0A=0A- During install, in FDISK, using the "T" optio= n to change the type to 238=0A=0AStill failing.=A0 Any idea what the missin= g part of this recipe is=0A ?=0A=0ANOTE:=A0 I see something of an answer he= re:=0A=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2011-September/= 027585.html=0A=0ABut I do not know how to "put a dummy MBR there even if us= ing GPT layout" ... so if that is the answer, some additional details, plea= se :)=0A=0AJust trying to boot FreeBSD, and only FreeBSD, off of the thumb = drive plugged into a mac mini with no other disks.=A0 Any help appreciated.= =0A
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