Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 22:47:55 +1000 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: Phil Regnauld <regnauld+ppc@catpipe.net> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPC miniinst.iso available Message-ID: <41D93EFB.5050104@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20050102115505.GA28305@moof.catpipe.net> References: <41D4B6BD.3050705@freebsd.org> <20050101213630.GA3034@flow.eu.org> <20050101223317.GA6970@moof.catpipe.net> <41D75B55.2090502@freebsd.org> <20050102115505.GA28305@moof.catpipe.net>
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>> WRT partitions, do you think it would be useful to have them within a >>slice ? I've been thinking about allowing GPT partitions within a >>slice for a while, although it does complicate the loader a bit. > > > I don't really know, I assumed that was the way it worked on PPC as > well as i386. But considering we don't have the slice restrictions, > it does make sense to use one partition / slice (as OS X sees it). > > How is it on Alpha ? If there's a precedent there, it might be the > way to go. Alpha uses native MBR slices/BSD partitions ala FreeBSD/i386. later, Peter.
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