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Date:      Wed, 5 Dec 2007 08:29:18 -0800
From:      Robin Stevens <voltechs@gmail.com>
To:        "Brandon McWhirter" <macbrando@gmail.com>
Cc:        grehan@freebsd.org, freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Error Loading Installer Disc
Message-ID:  <60A1BFA9-1A1E-4BF2-81B8-A19EA7B10A84@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <f72a61080712050657j4a5318afg9e3ebae922059f8e@mail.gmail.com>
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 From my experience, you can't fdisk with freebsd, you're gonna need  
to install a copy of OS X on a partition or separate HD. Not only to  
partition, but also to get the boot loader onto the /boot partition.

Don't forget about this: http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/ 
iso_install.txt


On Dec 5, 2007, at 6:57 AM, Brandon McWhirter wrote:

> 6.2 and i even tried 7. I figured out that the drive was dirty. It was
> dirty. Now the only issue I have is that i can't get fdisk to show  
> up to
> partition the drive. My friend pointed out that it's a known issue. I
> aparently have three partitions already on the drive and I need to  
> get rid
> of them so I can partition it correctly. I might not even be using  
> the right
> terms. See this picture:
> http://www.macmaniacs.com/1204071648.jpg
>
> I want to get rid of the 'ad0's at the top  Can anyone point me in  
> the right
> direction as to how I can accomplish this?
>
> On Dec 4, 2007 8:37 PM, Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Brandon,
>>
>>  What version of FreeBSD ?
>>
>>  Did you do a 'C' boot, or manually boot from the loader prompt ?
>>
>>  Are you using a video or serial console ?
>>
>> later,
>>
>> Peter.
>>
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