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Date:      Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:52:40 -0800
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com>
To:        grehan@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Best way to boot / install a mac?
Message-ID:  <A0B3FCA6-A951-4DE1-A41A-D65C837EFFFE@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <47964CB1.5060401@freebsd.org>
References:  <681a18e40801220713m4bf11abcx3f463d6ca3729188@mail.gmail.com> <47964CB1.5060401@freebsd.org>

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On Jan 22, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Peter Grehan wrote:

>> Also, why not wipe all partitions and boot from TFTP to get the
>> loader?  Would that work?
>
> For a long time there was no native partitioning tool, and even now  
> I'm not sure if g_part can do it.

Yes, g_part supports APM. It would be great if sysinstall would
work with g_part so that one can repartition while installing.
For now, you can use Mac OS X to repartition and then change the
partition types with g_part or further add new partitions...

-- 
Marcel Moolenaar
xcllnt@mac.com





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