From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 30 11:51:58 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60546106568F for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:51:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Received: from ostracod.unsane.co.uk (unsane-pt.tunnel.tserv5.lon1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f08:110::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF0248FC13 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:51:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vhoffman.lon.namesco.net (53.78-246-213.ippool.namesco.net [213.246.78.53]) (authenticated bits=0) by ostracod.unsane.co.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nAUBqq3V012305 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:52:53 GMT (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <4B13B1DB.3090106@unsane.co.uk> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:51:55 +0000 From: Vincent Hoffman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: w s References: <8029763b0911292150t75039f71kc20f9715f697ce88@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8029763b0911292150t75039f71kc20f9715f697ce88@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD only on MacBook? Having problems... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:51:58 -0000 w s wrote: > (x posted to http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=8827, my > apologies, but no one seems interested there...) > > I am trying to follow the steps to install FreeBSD 8.0 on my MacBook. > I don't want to dual boot or anything, so I am following along here: > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook...15739bad407a8a > > (Note that earlier I managed to stomp all over the slices trying to > partition without reading the directions...) > > However, it doesn't match my experience exactly, and I don't really > have the FreeBSD background to compensate (long time Linux user, and > never very hardware focused at all), so here are some starting > questions (Note I am in the Fixit shell from the livefs CD): > > 1. Is "gpart" the same as "gpt"? > Almost, gpart is the successor of gpt. the wiki still needs a little updating, (seems to be part gpt and part gpart based) > 2. How can I "lose the GPT"? When I run "# gpart destory ad5" I get > "gpart: Device busy". I presume that it is because / is mounted to run > the livefs CD. So ... > > Not quite, if you run gpart show you should get a list of stuff on ad5, so before you can destroy the GPT you have to delete the stuff using it,a quick example using an md device: (reminder just in case, this will remove ANY partitions on the disk, but you already know that :) [root@ostracod /scratch]# gpart show md0 => 34 19933 md0 GPT (9.8M) 34 19933 1 freebsd-ufs (9.7M) [root@ostracod /scratch]# gpart destroy md0 gpart: Device busy [root@ostracod /scratch]# gpart delete -i 1 md0 md0p1 deleted [root@ostracod /scratch]# gpart destroy md0 md0 destroyed > 3. Umm, what do I do now.... > > If I run "gpart show ad5" I get a bunch of stuff which I would have to > type in manually -- let me know which pieces are important and I will > do it. > > Hope that helps, gpart (and GPT) is great once you get used to it but its got a learning curve. Vince > TIA! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >