Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:33:10 +0000 From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, eculp <eculp@encontacto.net>, freebsd-mobile <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Run Current on a MacBook Message-ID: <4754A046.7010909@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1196713825.87269.52.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <20071129114620.16752mjgtqsqtxyc@intranet.encontacto.net> <475048BC.7070904@FreeBSD.org> <1196713825.87269.52.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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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/AppleMacbook >> >>> 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 to >>> 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: even > after selecting "None" for the boot manager, by GPT gets overridden with > 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. 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. :-( * Protective MBR -- Rui Paulo
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