From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 23 11:33:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B736D16A4DD for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:33:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from benjamin.c.roberts@student.curtin.edu.au) Received: from sm-mailgw1.curtin.edu.au (sm-mailgw1.curtin.edu.au [134.7.32.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48A8A43D45 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:33:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from benjamin.c.roberts@student.curtin.edu.au) Received: from student.curtin.edu.au (smcln1.curtin.edu.au [134.7.33.13]) by sm-mailgw1.curtin.edu.au (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 2.09 (built Nov 18 2005)) with ESMTP id <0J2U00477T8BMB@sm-mailgw1.curtin.edu.au> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:28:59 +0800 (WST) Received: from [134.7.32.6] (Forwarded-For: [134.7.236.60]) by soms-ms1.curtin.edu.au (mshttpd); Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:28:59 +0800 Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:28:59 +0800 From: Benjamin Roberts In-reply-to: <20060719120045.BEC7C16A642@hub.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 2.09 (built Nov 18 2005) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal References: <20060719120045.BEC7C16A642@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: fdisk may not work; format disks using Disk Utility X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:33:42 -0000 In reply to Chanond: G'day, bit a newbie myself. fdisk may not work for ppc. Try formatting the partitions you need using Apple's Disk Utility then installing using sysinstall. Hope that helps! Ben.