From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 29 14:16:34 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 721921065693 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:16:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jwbacon@tds.net) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CFBC8FC13 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:16:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwj9 with SMTP id 9so9831935qwj.13 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:16:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.63.195 with SMTP id c3mr13962081qai.364.1293632192233; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:16:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from manta.jbacon.dyndns.org (h69-131-29-165.nwblwi.broadband.dynamic.tds.net [69.131.29.165]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m14sm8430241qcu.20.2010.12.29.06.16.30 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:16:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D1B42A8.6040005@tds.net> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:16:08 -0600 From: Jason Bacon User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091021) 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 14:16:34 -0000 Hello Jordan, I recently installed 8.1 on a couple of iBooks (many thanks to Nathan's instructions and feedback). I just posted my admin log at: http://personalpages.tds.net/~jwbacon/freebsd_powerpc.html It gives a detailed account of the partitioning process and sysinstall, and some notes about installing ports, configuring X11, etc. I've been meaning to make real documentation out of it, but for now the text file will have to do. Good luck, -J 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)? > > > Thanks, > > Jordan > > P.S. I lost my OS X install CD, so that is of no use > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jason W. Bacon jwbacon@tds.net http://personalpages.tds.net/~jwbacon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~