From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 7 15:43:37 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 D79B61065686 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:43:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from horst@sxemacs.org) Received: from mail07.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail07.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.188]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 729A08FC25 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:43:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from horst@sxemacs.org) Received: from [220.237.26.25] (c220-237-26-25.farfl2.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.237.26.25]) (authenticated sender horst.burkhardt) by mail07.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m97FhZSt007649 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 02:43:35 +1100 From: Horst =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther?= Burkhardt III To: FreeBSD PowerPC ML In-Reply-To: References: <1223393073.15248.151.camel@horst-tla> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-8bndHhUaqbT/SgRw3z6v" Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:43:58 +1100 Message-Id: <1223394238.15248.161.camel@horst-tla> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 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 15:43:37 -0000 --=-8bndHhUaqbT/SgRw3z6v Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 17:33 +0200, Marco Trillo wrote: > Hi, > Assuming you installed FreeBSD from CD, the loader is in the CD, in > the directory. >=20 > Simply copy the file in that directory to the root of your > HFS partition (using Mac OS) and then you can boot from that > partition. For example if the HFS partition is number X and your > FreeBSD root partition is number Y, the following command will do it: >=20 > 0> boot hd:X,loader hd:Y >=20 > Hope that helps, > Marco. Most helpful. There's also a parameter in OF that allows autoboot, correct? (I don't intend to go back from FreeBSD if you get my drift.) Also, as I don't any longer have OS X there, can I boot into the freebsd that is on the hard disk, using the cd, from OF somehow, just until I install the loader?=20 Another question, does the loader have to reside in the same place as the /boot directory? or can I leave /boot on the / UFS2 partition andmerely use the loader? On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 10:36 -0500, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > We really need to make installation work better. Can we include a=20 > 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. >=20 > I suppose that writing a simple write-only HFS implementation should=20 > not be too hard, either. Maybe this could be hooked into gpart > bootcode? > -Nathan Hear hear about the installer. I think especially now that OS X is moving to the x86 platform, a lot of old ppc boxes will be left without maintained software - and to be honest despite some exceptional cases like the Finnix CD and most of Debian, hardware support in Linux is just shocking on many PPC macs. Hence FreeBSD having a fully viable PPC port will (from my standpoint anyway) be an asset to the community.=20 If there's anything useful I can do (i can't code unfortunately) I'll be happy to try, by the way. I'm already thinking of writing some documentation on how to get FreeBSD installed painlessly, so that others don't go through the hell I've had here. Thanks. :) --Horst. --=-8bndHhUaqbT/SgRw3z6v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkjrg74ACgkQRtTtv0BbTe7kOQCggLbcotnHa/7bt3rInmN28z5/ A2MAn2jnlnfZDlmfKoLUqWkcTAV6+Rj2 =GD6I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-8bndHhUaqbT/SgRw3z6v--