Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:47:21 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Arne Schwabe <schwabe@uni-paderborn.de> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org>, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-mobile <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Run Current on a MacBook Message-ID: <1196783241.1267.7.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <47550951.2030100@uni-paderborn.de> References: <20071129114620.16752mjgtqsqtxyc@intranet.encontacto.net> <475048BC.7070904@FreeBSD.org> <1196713825.87269.52.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <4754A046.7010909@FreeBSD.org> <47550951.2030100@uni-paderborn.de>
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--=-iz5Ih/T2JfQ4UKGE1xLS Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 09:01 +0100, Arne Schwabe wrote: > Rui Paulo schrieb: > > Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > >> On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 17:30 +0000, Rui Paulo wrote: > >>> eculp wrote: > >>>> I am a half step away from buying a MacBook based on the following > >>>> assumptions: > >>>> > >>>> 1. I should run current and it has the SMP problem fixed. > >>> The fix was not yet committed. > >>> > >>>> 2. It can be dual booted between OSX and FreeBSD? > >>>> a. The handbook only mentions that it can be run as a guest OS. > >>> The handbook doesn't mention anything about running FreeBSD on a > >>> MacBook. You probably want to read http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbo= ok > >>> > >>>> b. Is there a short list to run both OS's I've done this with > >>>> windows many times over the years but I have on idea where t= o > >>>> start with Mac. Example: Clean the disk and start with FBSD > >>>> or somehow compress the MacOSX file system and use the rest > >>>> for BSD, etc. etc. > >>> * Partition your drive witht Bootcamp > >>> * Install rEFIt. http://refit.sf.net/ > >>> * Boot FreeBSD install CD and install it to the desired partition. > >>> Don't install an MBR boot manager. > >>> * Sync your MBR with the GPT by using the refit tool (available in > >>> the refit boot menu). > >> > >> I've tried this procedure twice now, and the results are the same: eve= n > >> after selecting "None" for the boot manager, by GPT gets overridden wi= th > >> an MBR. Almost everything works fine after that. rEFIt allows me to > >> boot into MacOS X or FreeBSD, but the gptsync tool does not work, and = I > >> couldn't upgrade to Leopard until I re-partitioned my drive (which I > >> did, and ended up right back with an MBR after installing FreeBSD). > >> > >> If there's some trick to this I'm missing, I'd love to know before > >> "Puma" comes out. > > > Puma is 10.1 ;) I knew I should have thought harder about cat names. Maybe Lynx? > > Well, I think that if you restore your MBR to a PMBR* (a GPT MBR) you > > lose the ability to boot FreeBSD beecause rEFIt seems to expect a > > FreeBSD MBR, IIRC. But on the other hand, you probably need a PMBR > > (i.e. have your disk with operating systems that can boot from GPT) to > > upgrade Mac OS X. > > > > Yes, I know, it's horrible. :-( > > > I my case creating the "FreeBSD" parition with the disk utility and > simply use that parition for FreeBSD worked fine for me. I should have tried that. Thanks for the tip. Joe --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-iz5Ih/T2JfQ4UKGE1xLS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBHVXaIb2iPiv4Uz4cRAm1KAJ9+0leUAbAZvvOZ4dUhN66rs82/BQCgk/Le fO7zKQp98FeIH4/TX/rmMkI= =VrgI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-iz5Ih/T2JfQ4UKGE1xLS--
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