Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:02:42 -0400 From: samankaya@netscape.net To: tonyt@logyst.com Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning disks on PPC for FreeBSD, installer crashes Message-ID: <8CBDB36F2A2368E-1950-2250@webmail-me04.sysops.aol.com> In-Reply-To: <22166b750907250326w4d490c76k70f9f43b0c3b51e2@mail.gmail.com> References: <8CBDADB1950718E-16E8-7AF@webmail-dx04.sysops.aol.com> <22166b750907250326w4d490c76k70f9f43b0c3b51e2@mail.gmail.com>
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Many thanks Tony, I have ripped this disk out of an x86 so there were originally ext3 and NTFS partitions on it which I deleted from the x86 itself! The only thing I didn't delete was the filesystem which remained on the disk. Recently I stuck in a Debian installer and created one yaboot partition of 8MB and the rest as ext3. If I partition from Apples partitioner all I will get is HFS and HFS+ options and I am assuming here that BSD will not detect those either?? There unfortunately is no option for selecting the entire disk. In fact under the installer I don't see the disk at all which is strange. I do via tty4 and the holographic terminal though. Back when I started with Sun SPARC machines a few months ago, I figured out that Linux wouldn't see the disk or Solaris wouldn't see the disk depending on the label whether it was Sun or alternate. I am not sure if it is something similar here! I mean is there a way to partition using the Hg terminal at all??? As I stated I have discovered the newfs command but it is highly limited in what it can do and I have no idea how to use it either properly. What should be my next move?? I can happily try Apple's partitioner but I only have OS9 OS 10.1 and 10.2 neither of these guys allow for BSD partition tables if i recall correctly.... Kaya -----Original Message----- From: Tony Theodore <tonyt@logyst.com> To: samankaya@netscape.net Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Sent: Sat, Jul 25, 2009 1:26 pm Subject: Re: Partitioning disks on PPC for FreeBSD, installer crashes > > Each time I try to use (C)reate a slice I get a message on the screen saying that I have to do this on a Master Partition.... > I think there are several partitioning schemes: Apple (open firmware), GPT (EFI), and MBR (BIOS). FreeBSD supports either MBR or GPT, but I'm not sure if sysinstall will recognise anything other than MBR. Have you tried the "use entire disk" option or do you need to keep other partitions? Otherwise, I'd try using Apple's disk utility, or something like gparted, to convert the partition scheme first. Tony _______________________________________________ freebsd-fs@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-fs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-fs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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