From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 31 17:36:42 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4388A1065670 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:36:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mmbsd1982@yahoo.com) Received: from nm19-vm4.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm19-vm4.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.91.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D032C8FC08 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:36:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.138.90.56] by nm19.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 31 Oct 2011 17:24:18 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.254] by tm9.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 31 Oct 2011 17:24:18 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1046.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 31 Oct 2011 17:24:18 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 328464.88577.bm@omp1046.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 28950 invoked by uid 60001); 31 Oct 2011 17:24:18 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1320081858; bh=iO5zbfwjEMdf9i3HvJ0gOZnK0sM97sJ/hgO+8kL9Fn8=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=k1Y1NRll7DWspZiIYZFm4lLen3D7LbmnljLWaRgOdyv6obw4TaQ0oQPvvGeqkynBhYlTmJ0FdJoX/q65xLihDeUne4CpuAZVmY12IOMb+zvMHfiM760w5fukpSEppTJEsUAGlhqqyVMB38C5BKgGLvq6fKEjLRp816FUq01er7o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=XBXtQvpF+j5ZAFRvU7ZmuK9rCt/nz2y6slm/8TGrV6hZWvSnbuP/TDNxIeqXaLxrzXlK1j8/HcrVzqZFfFFYKEAVMnKA0mfueku4RLpE9GvBct9yHRIB+cw0+rzEd87Fh/tP1DXEGX83EBa/BHVkAybX4+zgSIU2E8D2s51yXiM=; X-YMail-OSG: bdOkYQYVM1nzTw84NFcDPlMZUKwCv0l1z_6HSZAFWEixsh0 lUhftD6aZIyJBkM3z1k3mpVogCuQ_D6DO.X6Ywv_b0IPDfdAI7PIhyt2O_B3 YFISzOvmvl97QCfxqMpHtkytbifN09bNIwqgb7gd3hmXDRKuLwfHMSvCLCjR 1HJVxNj_XTmFzycQlNMBV.0CdUEt8cOqDaErkqUyeQVaR1zfR2hDypKZS8qh N15AKFw1lP_k_O91kFuflZH0k6mcg1QjjMkq4Egi0MnKz651Igb5Btg0ycjr cnbE95htqOQAF9tc5XR11iDhDeBBiacvT64YnB5akuCTpILg6XGa0AQGAZpM kKalnu0mWS7DVAGHhpLlDsVQrxGeJuaP4BSgoyoQ9QTvg.LcX.DUbZGVmt_9 FvAuqMqStRtEXwPocStX3944TzRy94FD_SJoQHVcd3IfejfnEctsPMOqpNgy viheudCM_d7WbazZcy0juED5_DaQaPOzjrcObQgenniEKFXqp.QJbhQsnssQ LGBlZdVcraFLa4l8- Received: from [83.170.92.9] by web124716.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:24:18 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/14.0.11 YahooMailWebService/0.8.114.317681 Message-ID: <1320081858.27442.YahooMailClassic@web124716.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:24:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Mm Bsd To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Problems with EFI / partitioning with FreeBSD ONLY mac mini ... from USB drive ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:36:42 -0000 =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