Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:16:46 -0400 From: Fred <wade-is-great@live.com> To: John Howie <john@thehowies.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Macbook Pro early 2011 Message-ID: <BLU437-SMTP580FFC8B299E5DA66E8862CBD40@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <2240CC89-F4A5-43FA-8E15-5BF67CA5F278@thehowies.com> References: <BLU437-SMTP76D99864475FB92AD14DA9CBD70@phx.gbl> <2240CC89-F4A5-43FA-8E15-5BF67CA5F278@thehowies.com>
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Hi John, Thanks for the quick answer. I want to use dual boot to first getting familiar and in the long term switch to FreeBSD as the only operating system. I mentioned bootcamp because most of the tutorial I found so far recommend to create a bootcamp partition on which FreeBSD is install. Also from what I read using bootcamp creates a hybrid MBR. I wish there were a solution to run FreeBSD on dual boot with a GPT partition table. On one of my tentatives I also tried to use a BSD partition on which I created two logical partitions (UFS and swap) but that did not work either. Does anyone have an idea on how I can proceed? Thanks, Fred Le 2014-08-17 à 08:42, John Howie <john@thehowies.com> a écrit : > Hi Fred, > > You may have a particular reason for a dual-boot configuration but, if you do not, can I recommend running FreeBSD in a virtual machine instead? It works very well. > > Bootcamp is designed for Windows so I am not surprised you are having issues, there. > > Regards, > > John > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 16, 2014, at 17:02, "Fred" <wade-is-great@live.com> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone! >> >> I am trying to install FreeBSD on my Macbook pro early 2011 in dual boot with OS X Mavericks but so far I could not boot on it once the installation is complete. >> >> Computer specs: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i7-2.3-17-early-2011-unibody-thunderbolt-specs.html >> >> I tried using the gpart command, blessing the partition, using gdisk to create an hybrid MBR, but so far nothing has worked. >> >> Here's what I tried: >> http://phosphor-escence.blogspot.ca/2012/01/dual-boot-pc-bsd-90-and-os-x-lion-on.html >> https://glenbarber.us/2011/11/12/Dual-Booting-OS-X-and-FreeBSD-9.html >> I also looked in the mailing lists, and the FreeBSD forums, but I could not find any solutions. >> >> Now on latest versions of OS X Bootcamp (Mountain Lion, Mavericks) I cannot create a partition without having a Windows disk, and I also tried using Bootcamp under Snow Leopard. >> >> Regarding the errors I have after the installation, it's either "can't load kernel" or "Missing bootloader", with or without hybrid MBR. The partition table is GPT, and the system uses a EFI boot manager. >> >> Thanks in advance for any answer to my problem. >> >> Cheers, >> Fred >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >
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