Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:56:03 -0500 From: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Milan Obuch <freebsd-ppc@dino.sk> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Mac Mini Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOuHqvX0GjSr=%2BqB=3yFEpKmhhQft41rW5UkRhrF26O7kw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111115101601.2f9fe255@atom.dino.sk> References: <20111115101601.2f9fe255@atom.dino.sk>
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You have to do the partitioning from within the macosx system. On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Milan Obuch <freebsd-ppc@dino.sk> wrote: > Hi, > > one week ago I've got a G4 Mac Mini for cheap, and I decided to try > FreeBSD on it. So far I was able to use standard install CD media, > using FreeBSD-9.0-CURRENT-201102-powerpc-disc1.iso image from > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201102/ directory. It took > me a bit of trial and error to create workable disc layout, mainly > because I did not get in touch with Macs before and basically know > nothing about openfirmware :) Now it works, I completed full system > rebuild from sources twice. So far, so good. > > I installed X from ports and here comes first question. I have Samsung > monitor connected to mini via DVI. In 'text' mode monitor says > 1920x1080, I have 65 lines of text, each 200 characters long, it looks > like 'used' screen area has 1600x1050 dimension or something like this. > In X, however, monitor says mode is only 1280x960. As it works in > console mode in 1920x1080, it must be possible to use this in X too. > Needless to say, it uses this mode in Mac OS X, too. I use ati driver > here. > > And one more question - I looked for dual boot configs, but did not > find any FreeBSD + Mac OS X combo. I will try something, again, when I > will either free another HDD for this purpose (there are files I would > like to preserve, and it takes some time to put them somewhere else) or > buy a new one (a bit bigger, but HDDs are somewhat more costly these > days), but if someone already did this and have some notes to share, > I'll be just glad. Also, I plan to test bsdinstaller found on page > http://wiki.freebsd.org/BSDInstall - just to see if it will be easier > to proceed, even if it seems to be a bit older than snapshot used. > > That's for now. If anybody has some hints fro me, needs some more data > to answer my questions or would like me to test something, just let me > know. As soon as I have some more time I plan to write about my > experiences gained so other could benefit from my tests as well. > > Regards, > Milan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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