From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 8 19:41:37 2010 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 271C1106566B for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2010 19:41:37 +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 D5A678FC12 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2010 19:41:36 +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 <0LBL007PP00H7970@thalia-smout.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:41:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no ([80.203.109.85]) by ignis-smin.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with SMTP id <0LBL0006I00HVC11@ignis-smin.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:41:05 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:41:05 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-id: <20101108204105.e33ccef5.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-reply-to: References: <357575CE-2F5A-4C2E-8323-DE6C2CB0E2A5@mac.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.3 (GTK+ 2.20.1; 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: Re: Release builds are broken -- help wanted! 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: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:41:37 -0000 On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:33:25 -0500 Super Bisquit wrote: > You're also forgetting that the install process is no longer a single step. > It's best to partiton using a linux CD and then use gpart to reformat > followed by disklabel. FWIW, the last time I did this (installing FreeBSD 8.1-release on PowerPC), I did not need any other tools in addition to the FreeBSD install CD. Why do you need a linux CD? -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen