From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 14 20:51:52 2011 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 22F251065672 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:51:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from superbisquit@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C134C8FC0C for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:51:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxc34 with SMTP id 34so5430088vxc.13 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:51:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=MlDqNlq3XxkTHOxJTAdxSz3SY+Ysp+0n8mRut0tICxk=; b=D/ZIxOIfMiDDsRJpXoXpP6IoWZ5+n3EfGpXeDFeWKz7ZeLzEJHNRPF37UVRR+qMz6L saAZA59nwDhwoyZ6IwXC7R5VcmQ3MnKqr123WhAQLIZmnC7lCZz4JeJhgEGqVcwgBTHR RZhf1jamwIAcLFGCH818+hCVjgiUQsiRdkP2c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=DKWKlzLb/X9y9AZ14zUOl2Q0J1NXFu4kDxyR4vJhXbyCTrH5cLW0hF12OACCzoyGAk sPR6K9cclH/YPeOa/bkIfRVkidUnTDNBhVzznh170BgUrjJLNMtzIGnYGlpVQAidE7LW vRPoQ1NTrUfn94lddKTmYBuoIGIkeTiX44ySk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.5.80 with SMTP id 16mr3591914vcu.90.1300135910642; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:51:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.96.80 with HTTP; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:51:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110314212840.91564b62.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20110113220450.57d09983.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110114221406.34969090.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <4D31582F.1060300@FreeBSD.org> <20110115190637.7ac32abe.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110122200810.2386cbef.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110313221425.a8d3361f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <4200D52B-ED04-4F6A-BA2A-EAD7DF3EBF37@gmail.com> <20110314212840.91564b62.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:51:50 -0400 Message-ID: From: Super Bisquit To: Torfinn Ingolfsen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerPC, gpart and multiboot (Was: Trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5) 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: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:51:52 -0000 On 3/14/11, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:48:24 -0400 > Justin Hibbits wrote: > >> Don't quote me on it, but you might be able to use forth scripts on >> the 'primary' FreeBSD install's root to do what you're asking, >> possibly modifying one of the scripts in ...sys/boot/forth. > > Aha, so there isn't a simple boot manager available (like 'boot0' for i386)? Make the assumption that the bootloader will look for the closest kernel. Try setting up the partitions first and then seeing how sysinstall looks at it. > I would like this to be as painless as possible, once set up. > -- > Torfinn > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >