Hello Claude, please check 2) of http://wikis.sun.com/display/chosug/OpenSolaris+2009.06+on+a+MacBook+Pro
My advice, make it simple, keep max 2 OS per internal disk (and use VirtualBox), or use rEFIt, and then boot from external disks Regards Karim claude angeloz wrote: > Hallo, > > I have a big issue.. with the installer from the original CD 2009.06 . I > would like install it on a sytem with an EFI Partition and more 4 partitions > (configured as GUID Table with an other disk utility ) ... BUT , at this > version of the install CD there is no way to partion better the disk ... > better as fdisk... > > With a HD configured as GPT Table , the installer read an EFI , good but > understand this partion is configured for the whole disk... UNABLE to > install > a new partition ... , very BAD... > > and If made a trick , change the ID of the EFI .. it seems that i can > install the os but after the install the Installer change the label and > other > stuffs are deleted .. same case : very BAD... > > I see : > > - a new opensolaris CD , but it seems that we cannot dowload a 2010.xxx at > this time ... and i ask me if it will be possible... > > - or what i can do : i make an installation with this trick.. save the > partition table information .. and the partition itself with an dd for > example... and after a new parted - relabeling - install other stuffs -- > recopy the saved image to the empty partition and hope that a boot manager > can > integrate the OpenSolaris well.. > But I will make that only if there will be a chance that is working otherwise > I must die the idea to install OpenSolaris on this system. > > Anybody has this experience ? > > Thank you very much... > Best regards > Claude Ang?loz > _______________________________________________ > Switzerland OpenSolaris Mailing List > ug-chosug at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ug-chosug > wiki: http://wikis.sun.com/display/chosug > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=161188&trk=hb_side_g > ISO images: http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/opensolaris.org/release_isos/ > IPS: http://ips.osug.ch:10000/release/ > Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31224908 at N08 >
