Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:30:25 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, eculp <eculp@encontacto.net>, freebsd-mobile <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Run Current on a MacBook Message-ID: <1196713825.87269.52.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <475048BC.7070904@FreeBSD.org> References: <20071129114620.16752mjgtqsqtxyc@intranet.encontacto.net> <475048BC.7070904@FreeBSD.org>
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--=-GEGXlUlVoRwCRaGxcMC1 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 17:30 +0000, Rui Paulo wrote: > eculp wrote: > > I am a half step away from buying a MacBook based on the following=20 > > assumptions: > >=20 > > 1. I should run current and it has the SMP problem fixed. >=20 > The fix was not yet committed. >=20 > > 2. It can be dual booted between OSX and FreeBSD? > > a. The handbook only mentions that it can be run as a guest OS. >=20 > The handbook doesn't mention anything about running FreeBSD on a=20 > MacBook. You probably want to read http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook >=20 > > b. Is there a short list to run both OS's I've done this with > > windows many times over the years but I have on idea where to > > start with Mac. Example: Clean the disk and start with FBSD > > or somehow compress the MacOSX file system and use the rest > > for BSD, etc. etc. >=20 > * Partition your drive witht Bootcamp > * Install rEFIt. http://refit.sf.net/ > * Boot FreeBSD install CD and install it to the desired partition. Don't=20 > install an MBR boot manager. > * Sync your MBR with the GPT by using the refit tool (available in the=20 > refit boot menu). I've tried this procedure twice now, and the results are the same: even after selecting "None" for the boot manager, by GPT gets overridden with an MBR. Almost everything works fine after that. rEFIt allows me to boot into MacOS X or FreeBSD, but the gptsync tool does not work, and I couldn't upgrade to Leopard until I re-partitioned my drive (which I did, and ended up right back with an MBR after installing FreeBSD). If there's some trick to this I'm missing, I'd love to know before "Puma" comes out. Joe --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-GEGXlUlVoRwCRaGxcMC1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBHVGdgb2iPiv4Uz4cRAnrqAJ41+lXKozf7oz8J2r2mr6HgncEVngCfVORh zXrWFfAl/9dpeLlqOHLqrSU= =EREg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-GEGXlUlVoRwCRaGxcMC1--
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