5 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-ppcBest way to boot / install a mac?| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| David Frascone | Jan 22, 2008 7:40 am | |
| Peter Grehan | Jan 22, 2008 12:06 pm | |
| Marcel Moolenaar | Jan 22, 2008 2:52 pm | |
| Gerald A | Feb 1, 2008 3:01 pm | |
| Rafal Jaworowski | Feb 2, 2008 9:58 am |
| Subject: | Best way to boot / install a mac? | |
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| From: | Gerald A (gera...@gmail.com) | |
| Date: | Feb 1, 2008 3:01:32 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-ppc | |
On Jan 22, 2008 10:13 AM, David Frascone <fras...@gmail.com> wrote:
1) Is there any alternative to 4-fingering the boot? Also, why not wipe all partitions and boot from TFTP to get the loader? Would that work?
i.e. boot enet:,loader -- and then let loader somehow find the kernel / filesystems on the disk?
Is netbooting working on PPC? I think all new world Macs support net boot, I think it would be very cool to be able to use that. Comments?
2) If you don't care about OS X, is there any alternative way to partition
the disk? My powermac does not have a DVD drive in it, so I have to plug in a PC drive to boot off of my OS X dvd. I'd prefer to repartition more natively -- even if it means getting the loader via TFTP.
I had a new disk in an old mac the first time I tried to install, and it is a bit strange not being able to partition the disks from the Installer. I've been using x86 for quite a while, and I can't remember when you couldn't partition from inside the Installer. Partitioning without caring about OS X should be a goal. (Can FreeBSD boot w/o any OS X partitions at all? I was under the impression that some piece of the boot process had to live on an OS X partition).
Thanks, Gerald