Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 22:02:51 -0400 From: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extreme difficulty with partitioning on mac powerpc g4. Message-ID: <20081006020251.GA1128@narn.knownspace> In-Reply-To: <1222945436.15248.103.camel@horst-tla> References: <1222945436.15248.103.camel@horst-tla>
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On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 09:03:56PM +1000, Horst Günther Burkhardt III wrote: > a) Is there a known workaround? > ` - b) If there is, why are there no docs anywhere on the internet? > ` - c) If (following either assistance or dumb luck) I get it > working, would a "walkthrough" be welcomed? (see lack of docs) > |- d) If no known workaround, are there any suggestions from the ppc > devs and users on this ML? > > Extra info: this is a Power Mac G4 (ADC/Gigabit Ethernet) with two > harddrives: one 40GB and one 60GB. > > My intended partition layout is: > > /---------------- > IDE0 Master: 40GB > ----------------- > Partition 0: (smallest amount possible) (whatever's needed to allow > autoboot into FreeBSD, I've > nuked OS X) > > Partition 1: (the remainder) FreeBSD UFS2, mountpoint / > > > > IDE0 Slave : 60GB > ----------------- > Partition 0: 2GB FreeBSD swap > Partition 1: 58GB FreeBSD UFS2, mountpoint /usr > \---------------- I don't think partitioning is supported on ppc yet. Better to use the OS X Disk Utility, or another PPC partitioner before installing FreeBSD. > --Horst. - Justin
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