Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:56:54 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Eric McCorkle <eric@shadowsun.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot FreeBSD-current on macbook from USB stick ? Message-ID: <66598.1316811414@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:50:30 -0400." <4E7CF115.5000103@shadowsun.net>
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In message <4E7CF115.5000103@shadowsun.net>, Eric McCorkle writes: >You can boot in legacy BIOS mode, which I do. You have to create an >MBR/BSD label installation, as if you have a GPT, the firmware will do >what I described above. Now, the mac firmware will wait 30 seconds >before doing the legacy BIOS boot. You can get around this by holding >ALT at power on, and selecting "windows" (*sigh*). > >I have the following partition scheme: > >MBR---BSD---+---ZFS > | > +---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... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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