Re: FreeBSD only on MacBook? Having problems...

2009-11-30 Thread Vincent Hoffman
w s wrote: (x posted to http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=8827, my apologies, but no one seems interested there...) I am trying to follow the steps to install FreeBSD 8.0 on my MacBook. I don't want to dual boot or anything, so I am following along here:

Re: FreeBSD only on MacBook? Having problems...

2009-11-30 Thread w s
2. How can I lose the GPT? When I run # gpart destory ad5 I get gpart: Device busy. I presume that it is because / is mounted to run the livefs CD. So ... Not quite, if you run gpart show you should get a list of stuff on ad5, so before you can destroy the GPT you have to delete the stuff

FreeBSD only on MacBook? Having problems...

2009-11-29 Thread w s
(x posted to http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=8827, my apologies, but no one seems interested there...) I am trying to follow the steps to install FreeBSD 8.0 on my MacBook. I don't want to dual boot or anything, so I am following along here: