From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 21 22:26:48 2010 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 4674A106566C for ; Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:26:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from super_bisquit@yahoo.com) Received: from web110101.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (web110101.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [67.195.8.153]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1AD6F8FC0A for ; Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:26:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 96051 invoked by uid 60001); 21 Apr 2010 22:26:47 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1271888807; bh=afYhvDedsQsjMujmD9AT51yOmi5ElqYaVoAHfMLoKCQ=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=0oRAhpPloyn2cttADMJh/qEH9lWoMKDf3G/Znpmcw41yPIaqR7wsflZ50hwMWHhO45oanE1WtuWtUA92yFq5m5rE3Kwynf6QkEVQ6vUQSkFLBColOAFWD4J5iZ/EihAtmo3n84HwpUKSKgiS7Fzw5kMxCFCc36X5yelo8iKvbLA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=o/uLMNUQyMEO1dUHG7EqKys3bCmteQMNAWm5n8crALH3hbY4FA3IP4kxgybuknAUze6cWNL5Og0ZSdC/1rKt5vEakwtpzffLnNZpvV5SF3iGo1f/e/zB0TLzytBvDGLhAvHmiaTV2BI/U6MnOYW1fPl4zLzgt9rX7DbnH45bRKA=; Message-ID: <556226.95839.qm@web110101.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: SCXRZpAVM1mn.6wZ0dT4K_ab7RxAw6JSir4pRd9AcEJMx0D 7WnguaO6jP8sX6zY1aV2qHFAtE_oWvXlCd67H3SvEEC8gAMDtwpfSmoFeht2 Ctp6KK1JXDl6TX.kEeWpuXL62J0KfHiCFBIJQiwlbJu.bYKftNon7nyHnmtX 3zuB8SDVo5Po.tI3K.YW6NvyBi_lV7xjIbXK_EfEXDSvxxfXcLJzrtiSr4oZ kZVFkZoPFD8iGo9JTBVNatTwBg3Qdamrw9NZbb.H3bfQLPsrCUk5Lq8PMHZM OL4DAs5E- Received: from [71.200.56.84] by web110101.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:26:47 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/10.1.9 YahooMailWebService/0.8.102.267879 Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:26:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Super Biscuit To: Garrett Cooper In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Add to howto possibly. 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: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:26:48 -0000 It should be: gpart add -i(partition number) -b ( beginning block number) -s (block size)= -t (partition type) geometry. And the person should be suggested to use gpart show geometry to see what s= pace is left on the disk. They can also modify existing partitions with gpart modify -i(partition num= ber) -t filesystem type geometry.=20 http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSOnRootWithZFSboot I know it isn't the install co= mmands but I used it as a guide.=20 =A0Ports should be suggested as an addon after the base is installed.=A0 In= terface bm0 was not brought up until after. besides that and me not knowing how to get to dd on the disc, it went prett= y smooth. Xorg is being built right now. Thanks for replying. --- On Wed, 4/21/10, Garrett Cooper wrote: From: Garrett Cooper Subject: Re: Add to howto possibly. To: "Super Biscuit" Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 9:26 PM On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Super Biscuit wr= ote: > =A0The native tutorial didn't work for me. > I did this. Created partitons with a Linux disk and aborted installation. > Used gpart with=A0 gpart modify -i(index from gpart show geom) -t (filesy= stem) geom. How did the directions in the native tutorial fail? Thanks! -Garrett =0A=0A=0A