From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 22 19:08:13 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDDB110656B7 for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:08:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from thalia-smout.broadpark.no (thalia-smout.broadpark.no [80.202.8.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 923F28FC1C for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:08:12 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from ignis-smin.broadpark.no ([80.202.8.11]) by thalia-smout.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with ESMTP id <0LFF006BZUHN1W10@thalia-smout.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:08:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no ([84.48.120.77]) by ignis-smin.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with SMTP id <0LFF004G4UHNIT30@ignis-smin.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:08:11 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:08:10 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-id: <20110122200810.2386cbef.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-reply-to: References: <20110113220450.57d09983.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110114221406.34969090.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <4D31582F.1060300@FreeBSD.org> <20110115190637.7ac32abe.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.3 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: PowerPC, gpart and multiboot (Was: Trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5) 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: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:08:13 -0000 On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 14:02:24 -0500 Super Bisquit wrote: > Yes, you can multiboot. You'll need to setup as such: > p1: Apple partition map > p2: 1M Apple boot strap > p3: /FreeBSD / root system > p4: / FreeBSD-swap > p5: /FreeBSD var > p6: /FreeBSD tmp > p7: /FreeBSD /usr > p8: /FreeBSD /usr/local > p9: /FreeBSD /home > > That's my layout. > > p10: Apple bootstrap > p11: Linux / root system > p12: Swap > > And whatever else you want. Cool. Next question: can you multiboot several FreeBSD versions too? (ie, do you get a FreeBSD boot meny that allows you to select which "slice" to boot?) -- Torfinn