From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 15 13:56:05 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 E5C311065674 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:56:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from superbisquit@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A760C8FC17 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:56:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenl11 with SMTP id l11so3260175yen.13 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:56:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=hS08D+gIKf37YRT1e6SySYn4v3QbJSlDVPXj6xvzxss=; b=xbiJEyisWN7sYm5RIV/7fEKtJrQK3lNVPiMsaCpAyJyStpzaWprCOI8UrhHFEYrKih yelAkQYe8XRoixd4n5x8N31z/yFUROeoKoNKGwPIbERj4h7pcX8C8PiKEs7IhchggK49 MRIY3QKvPKXyDiTA2Ej/1HgLL6PGiqk9Y/0e4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.73.71 with SMTP id j7mr45566772pbv.116.1321365363459; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:56:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.50.102 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:56:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20111115101601.2f9fe255@atom.dino.sk> References: <20111115101601.2f9fe255@atom.dino.sk> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:56:03 -0500 Message-ID: From: Super Bisquit To: Milan Obuch Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Mac Mini 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: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:56:06 -0000 You have to do the partitioning from within the macosx system. On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Milan Obuch 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" >