From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 25 21:19:41 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAF8E10657F4 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:19:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from root@free.fr) Received: from smtp5-g21.free.fr (smtp5-g21.free.fr [IPv6:2a01:e0c:1:1599::14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96E9B8FC08 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:19:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from free.fr (unknown [82.235.65.2]) by smtp5-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99766D480F7 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:19:35 +0200 (CEST) From: Raoul MEGELAS To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:19:34 +0200 Sender: root@free.fr Message-Id: <20120925211935.99766D480F7@smtp5-g21.free.fr> Subject: gpart on macbook air X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:19:42 -0000 Hi all, i am trying to install FreeBSD current on a macbook air (internal ssd as you know): resizing the osx partitions to leave some place to FreeBSD. i noticed the following: 1. on freebsd, deleting a partition with gpart, say: gpart delete -i 4 ada0 damage the osx boot. of cours, booting with a backup disk and repairing the disk make the trick. 2. refit does not recognizes the gpt freebsd partitions. but it recognizes and boots a non gpt freebsd partitions. googling a bit i found this: http://randomcomputerbits.blogspot.com/ on 2007: freebsd-on-macbook.html is this still true? if not, how to solve this problem? Thanks a lot. Raoul