Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:39:56 +1000 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mac mini and FreeBSD - dmesg.boot! Message-ID: <41F47C1C.2060608@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <p0620073abe1a23663046@[128.113.24.47]> References: <41F170F1.2010701@finnovative.net> <p06200731be1731cf8ec8@[128.113.24.47]> <p06200732be184e814933@[128.113.24.47]> <41F3AFBD.60505@freebsd.org> <p06200737be19ffbdd478@[128.113.24.47]> <41F47300.3050406@freebsd.org> <p0620073abe1a23663046@[128.113.24.47]>
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> I wrote up most of the tricks I had to use in a separate message, > with the subject of "Mac mini and FreeBSD - some initial details"... Got that one - our messages crossed. So: >Well, I did get it going. There are a lot of things that I am >tempted to do with it, Let us in on your plans! At the moment I'm trying to get the latest Xorg server port running. >I made a point of picking different sizes for the various partitions >that I created, so that it would be easy to recognize which-was-which >when I would see them in disklabel during the install process. That is a bit of a problem. I might try and print the partition type and maybe the name in the sysinstall menu so it's easier to figure out what's going on. >Apparently the CD does >not have the ports collection on it, so you might as well say 'no' >there. I'll make sure that's on the next miniinst ISO. > gem0 - <unknown interface type> That will be fixed :) > Oh, one more thing I noticed. When I reboot back into MacOS 10, it > still shows the two freebsd partitions, and it claims they are > formatted as "MacOS Extended (Journalled)". I am *pretty* sure > that I originally had DiskUtility format them as "Unix File System", > so I find that a little odd. However, I did repartition the disk > several times, so maybe I created those partitions as HFS+ on my > final time. It shouldn't matter too much. FreeBSD ignores the partition type and doesn't change it. later, Peter.
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