Re: Boot FreeBSD-current on macbook from USB stick ?

From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:54:50 -0700
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
> In message <4E7CF115.5000103_at_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...

What does gpart list say for the USB stick?
-Garrett
Received on Fri Sep 23 2011 - 19:54:51 UTC

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