PowerPC, gpart and multiboot (Was: Trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1
on a PowerMac G5)
Torfinn Ingolfsen
torfinn.ingolfsen at broadpark.no
Sat Jan 22 19:08:13 UTC 2011
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 14:02:24 -0500
Super Bisquit <superbisquit at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, you can multiboot. You'll need to setup as such:
> p1: Apple partition map
> p2: 1M Apple boot strap
> p3: /FreeBSD / root system
> p4: / FreeBSD-swap
> p5: /FreeBSD var
> p6: /FreeBSD tmp
> p7: /FreeBSD /usr
> p8: /FreeBSD /usr/local
> p9: /FreeBSD /home
>
> That's my layout.
>
> p10: Apple bootstrap
> p11: Linux / root system
> p12: Swap
>
> And whatever else you want.
Cool.
Next question: can you multiboot several FreeBSD versions too?
(ie, do you get a FreeBSD boot meny that allows you to select which "slice" to boot?)
--
Torfinn
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