From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 29 03:45:33 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 1399D106566C for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:45:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.icecube.wisc.edu (trout.icecube.wisc.edu [128.104.255.119]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE86B8FC13 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:45:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EED758137; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:45:32 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at icecube.wisc.edu Received: from mail.icecube.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (trout.icecube.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id sjPtrZDjvFyy; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:45:32 -0600 (CST) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (unknown [76.210.75.5]) by mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC27058135; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:45:31 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <4D1AAEDA.6060404@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:45:30 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101214 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jordan force References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't partition disk using sys-install 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: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:45:33 -0000 On 12/28/10 20:29, jordan force wrote: > Hi all, > > So I'm trying to install FreeBSD on an old iBook G4, that was running Debian > (uggghhh!). I tried to put FreeBSD on it, but I kept getting an error while > partitioning, and looking at the release notes, it appears that it can't > partition the discs using sys-install, and it says that I have to use > gparted. My only question is: can I access parted from the FreeBSD? or would > I have to burn an ubuntu live cd from here: > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/lucid/release/, boot into that, and > open up Gparted to partition. Also, does gparted on the Ubuntu CD support > ufs (Unix File System)? gpart is a FreeBSD utility unrelated to gparted -- the names are confusingly similar -- and is included on the install CD. Hopefully the installer situation will be fixed in time for FreeBSD 9.0. In the meantime, there's a guide here that should help: http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/ppcinstall.txt If you run into any difficulties, feel free to mail to the list. -Nathan