Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:08:13 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerPC installer Message-ID: <4D3B716D.8050605@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20110123010651.6e7ab6d9.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <4D38503C.5090805@freebsd.org> <20110123010651.6e7ab6d9.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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On 01/22/11 18:06, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:09:48 -0600 > Nathan Whitehorn<nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> As part of my work on BSDInstall (http://wiki.freebsd.org/BSDInstall), >> I've produced an install CD that can set up a bootable system on Apple >> powerpc hardware. This may be useful to people trying to set up new >> machines. An ISO is here: >> http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/bsdinstall-powerpc-20110116.iso.bz2 > The installer claims that the current "partitioning scheme" (MBR) isn't > bootable on PowerPC. If it is correct, we will have to manually > partition things from a shell, right? No, just delete the existing partitioning and replace with APM. The installer knows what to do here. If you want to give FreeBSD a whole disk, the "Entire Disk" autopartitioning option will also do the right thing. -Nathan
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