From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 23 21:54:51 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE6C8106566B for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:54:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f175.google.com (mail-qy0-f175.google.com [209.85.216.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91CFB8FC13 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:54:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk10 with SMTP id 10so7857594qyk.13 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:54:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=42Vnwagpb6egt74qnkhZEaf/1bhXqSno+44PM3knc4U=; b=JL6Yi5s45jXibk5fzp7ZxfByP1YfGEUdt3+zW4EvjHgkiHj8EWRbzShgKdnRdJkwI2 NmhjwYgO9MaGe1r7SwRTo7rnp0kYql/ZUEjGEcHuPWHWXZAcd1aRSlKun7TTxCbOiIfX mODHhG9kewZA7gcYT44IPAgtwT1+dZEtpTc7I= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.185.6 with SMTP id cm6mr3323235qab.174.1316814890797; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:54:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.74.82 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:54:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <66598.1316811414@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <4E7CF115.5000103@shadowsun.net> <66598.1316811414@critter.freebsd.dk> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:54:50 -0700 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Poul-Henning Kamp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Eric McCorkle , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot FreeBSD-current on macbook from USB stick ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:54:51 -0000 On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wro= te: > In message <4E7CF115.5000103@shadowsun.net>, Eric McCorkle writes: > >>You can boot in legacy BIOS mode, which I do. =A0You have to create an >>MBR/BSD label installation, as if you have a GPT, the firmware will do >>what I described above. =A0Now, the mac firmware will wait 30 seconds >>before doing the legacy BIOS boot. =A0You can get around this by holding >>ALT at power on, and selecting "windows" (*sigh*). >> >>I have the following partition scheme: >> >>MBR---BSD---+---ZFS >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 | >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 +---Swap >> >>I do not use refit. > > That does not seem to work for me, I have USB stick with a > NanoBSD on it, and it never gets recognized by the macbook, > so there is no 'windows' to select... What does gpart list say for the USB stick? -Garrett