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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