From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 30 06:13:13 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB671106564A for ; Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:13:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mmbsd1982@yahoo.com) Received: from nm21-vm0.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm21-vm0.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.90.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 67EB68FC08 for ; Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:13:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.138.90.48] by nm21.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Oct 2011 06:00:35 -0000 Received: from [98.138.88.239] by tm1.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Oct 2011 06:00:35 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1039.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Oct 2011 06:00:35 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 97379.73447.bm@omp1039.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 23939 invoked by uid 60001); 30 Oct 2011 06:00:35 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1319954435; bh=YMmp1+jxiUqnMGTcWeA1L/yntIid6566NJaQmw5E1vk=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=HXW+j/pSkcH52LrwxsvIzkCoVbDj8aNydm9OBc+pECNIa8zMtV9oZmogFYp1YtDtfHPMnnivcu1LrE8ODuY0PCqk6OxVBjLzNWzAOUZSm2HjvmyqVnLPTts3bbZShtAceCVUGA91czfNb8ZT/anWfWZDGHmQqmTy7mkOlGVn2qs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=q5KNID4xJhnWCEtjjsoiS5Yq14lgPFBkLETsg5TA10LQIDGZZI9z6RQEW6R0R44MII7okDnJVytiYXR44QWB8tOUe3W8EH5d+qW0yD5/5+EcEiczilrqZyTWUnC8/oVDcNOuMeN6OMnfK+2bSwqJ01ucw24KuFz3RO7lrk6zE/Q=; X-YMail-OSG: 2ZoHX2oVM1m5WrrzuSJUBK8HL8_oArrzN6tiI8DyYlBLxKU batqS5cWdiiB1GDOwdszOj6WXE6T8tfwq6DHe84oN4_qXP6YPQuTIqQOIMuA xUGSfIeyLfcX8llCX8i_Hs9mJZN8fL41v94vyNmWXIURbIhfuYk9LivrYljI 8tJpkMUdqglrKtLr7v2w6od6viUGDnrVlniD6SuCfSnc.3jEmE0IM.XjbJWB 2jFoOA91VmKc9BSbB.plmJqubCf4aGQ1.Wa8EDETne3n3C7vODezedhIQceC wQacx2nJD8.qtvK2yfFRk0EkOdepaGD2zVANU0NrRXM5yInbq8mIUYakLsIW S.mgMyIADXZroSyOr8McX2xSrK0HgZ9LByeOZBJcwm.1hxo804gIcPFX7v9r BAgP3YBSwWVdAQa7OVu.y5PCMHUPgoCEG6d0th8Xtubpn8MeYpCGrofGdY07 2dkoXAJfZoPOuj0ADRPg6zG2YSeYk3HFfUScCulsfMxxEMR0CXG7tF_R7 Received: from [93.182.132.100] by web124703.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:00:35 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/14.0.11 YahooMailWebService/0.8.114.317681 Message-ID: <1319954435.22260.YahooMailClassic@web124703.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:00:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Mm Bsd To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:21:51 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Problems with EFI / partitioning with FreeBSD ONLY mac mini ... from USB drive ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:13:13 -0000 I booted the 8.2-RELEASE CD on my Intel mac mini, which has a thumb drive p= lugged into USB. I promptly entered FIXIT and used dd to zero out the ENTIRE internal hard d= rive.=A0 I may use it, I may not, but for now I want to reduce variables an= d I don't want remnants of OSX on that disk tripping me up. I exited FIXIT and proceeded with a plain old install of FreeBSD 8.2 onto t= he thumb drive, which was seen as da0.=A0 Upon rebooting, I see a folder ic= on with a question mark inside of it, blinking on the screen.=A0 The mac mi= ni cannot see an OS to boot. I have tried to solve this by: - same as above, but "plain old" loader instead of FreeBSD boot manager.=A0= Both failed - During install, in FDISK, using the "T" option to change the type to 238 Still failing.=A0 Any idea what the missing part of this recipe is ? NOTE:=A0 I see something of an answer here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2011-September/027585.ht= ml But I do not know how to "put a dummy MBR there even if using GPT layout" .= .. so if that is the answer, some additional details, please :) Just trying to boot FreeBSD, and only FreeBSD, off of the thumb drive plugg= ed into a mac mini with no other disks.=A0 Any help appreciated.