From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 7 15:32:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0210106568E for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:32:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from agogare.doit.wisc.edu (agogare.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 743EC8FC16 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:32:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-6.03 (built Mar 14 2008; 32bit)) id <0K8D00G0KKHW2S00@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:32:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: from trantor.tachypleus.net (adsl-76-204-100-161.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [76.204.100.161]) by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-6.03 (built Mar 14 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0K8D006RNKHTJ980@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:32:18 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:36:59 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <1223393073.15248.151.camel@horst-tla> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Horst_G=FCnther_Burkhardt_III?= Message-id: <48EB821B.80503@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.204.100.161 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-13, Version=5.4.2.344556, Antispam-Engine: 2.6.0.325393, Antispam-Data: 2008.10.7.151017, SenderIP=76.204.100.161 References: <1223393073.15248.151.camel@horst-tla> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080928) Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: bootloader installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:32:21 -0000 Horst Günther Burkhardt III wrote: > I have installed FreeBSD, thanks to Richard for suggesting Finnix for > partitioning, it did the job brilliantly. > > ... Where the hell is the bootloader? I can't find it anywhere, and thus > don't know what to do with the 64MB HFS+ i set aside for it. :( > > Any help would be appreciated. Once again. > > My apologies for being horridly noobish here. > -- Horst. It is /boot/loader. There is a boot.tbxi that you can install too (and find in /usr/src/release/powerpc) that will let you use the OF boot menu to select FreeBSD if you are dual-booting. We really need to make installation work better. Can we include a port of Apple's HFS implementation in base? I know APSL1 was impossible, but are there any thoughts on APSL2 now? Having HFS support should also be valuable on x86 with more people dual-booting FreeBSD/OS X now. I suppose that writing a simple write-only HFS implementation should not be too hard, either. Maybe this could be hooked into gpart bootcode? -Nathan