Re: freebsd-current_at_lists.freebsd.org

Arne Schwabe writes:
 > Andrew Gallatin schrieb:
 > > Rui Paulo writes:
 > >  > > I'm about to plug the firewire disk into another box and install using
 > >  > > make installworld DESTDIR=/firewire_disk, but this is the sort of
 > >  > > thing that would really, really put off your typical FreeBSD would-be
 > >  > > adopter.  Is there anything we can do to fix this in the 7.0
 > >  > > timeframe?
 > >  > 
 > >  > As a workaround try using a 6.2 CD.
 > >
 > >
 > >  > > On a somewhat related note, how well does FreeBSD even work on
 > >  > > an iMac?  Can we suspend/resume SMP machines yet?
 > >  > 
 > >  > No.
 > >
 > > Argh.  Screwed at every turn.  As it turns out, I can't even make my
 > > machine boot a "legacy" OS from a firewire disk.  Both FreeBSD and
 > > Ubuntu lead to a "no bootable device" error when booting directly, and
 > > rEFIt also fails (with some interesting comments regarding how apple's
 > > firmware does not deal well with booting a legacy OS from firwewire).
 > > I ran out of time before I could shuffle MacOSX to the external drive
 > > to free up the internal one for FreeBSD.
 > >
 > > Oh well, back to MacOSX and dealing with X crashing every few weeks.
 > >
 > >   
 > You could resize your hfs+ parition (diskutil) and put a small boot
 > parition on your internal harddisk. Works fine on my Macbook Pro (but
 > still not usable, missing GPU support :( )

That's an option, but I was initially reluctant to touch
my internal disk.  I'm also somewhat upset that the machine
can boot BSD or Linux only from an internal drive.  If I were
to convert it to FreeBSD, then I'd be totally hosed when the internal
drive dies (its really buried in an iMac).

At any rate before I touch the internal disk, which GPU are you having
problems with?  This box has a Radeon X1600.  I've heard something
about ATI building their drivers with linux libs statically linked
in.  Is that the problem?  Is there no X.org driver.

Thanks,

Drew