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Date:      Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:54:50 -0700
From:      Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Eric McCorkle <eric@shadowsun.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Boot FreeBSD-current on macbook from USB stick ?
Message-ID:  <CAGH67wQ%2Bi3SzjHFK=xgfOVsKENxzrMa9HcErP8y8DqnuQT4hCg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <66598.1316811414@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <4E7CF115.5000103@shadowsun.net> <66598.1316811414@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> 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



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