From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 1 05:43:20 2008 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 217C21065BFE for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2008 05:43:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from adsum.doit.wisc.edu (adsum.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E89518FC1A for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2008 05:43:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-6.03 (built Mar 14 2008; 32bit)) id <0K9N008003W7P500@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:43:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: from trantor.tachypleus.net (adsl-99-154-3-101.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [99.154.3.101]) by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-6.03 (built Mar 14 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0K9N00MV13W6FS30@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:43:18 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:43:49 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <20081101033314.GA53970@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev Message-id: <490BEC95.10705@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=99.154.3.101 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-9, Version=5.4.1.325704, Antispam-Engine: 2.6.0.325393, Antispam-Data: 2008.11.1.52829, SenderIP=99.154.3.101 References: <20081029190724.GH1165@hoeg.nl> <4908C120.3010508@grinz.com> <20081101033314.GA53970@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080928) Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC Subject: Re: FreeBSD on my old rusty PowerBook 12" 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: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:43:20 -0000 Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 03:01:36PM -0500, Ross Gohlke wrote: >> Do you have an old Mac OS X Installer disc? If so, it contains Disk >> Utility, which will allow you to partition the drive, creating a small >> HFS partition and as many UFS(2) partitions as you want. You will need >> to know the identities of each partition when you get to sysinstall. You >> can do this in Disk Utility by selecting each new partition and clicking >> Info. >> >> Older versions (10.1, 10.2) of OS X might use UFS, I'm pretty sure newer >> versions use UFS2. Regardless, Disk Utility simply calls it UNIX File >> System. >> >> This is the first I've heard of ADB support, and I don't own a USB >> keyboard; I used Disk Utility in Tiger (10.4) to create a dual-boot >> drive, so the HFS partition wasn't a problem. > > This sounds like fun. I'd like to be able to dual-boot between OSX and > FreeBSD. Is this procedure documented somewhere (wiki maybe)? Looks > like I have to create three partitions: 800K strapping one, OSX HFS+, > FreeBSD UFS2. Does the loader in 800K needs any treatment to see both > OSes and be able to select which one to boot? The CHRP boot script in the boot1 block I was discussing earlier lets you choose an OS at boot using the standard OF menu system (i.e. press Option at boot time and choose a partition). I haven't added niceties like an appropriate icon yet, though. -Nathan