FreeBSD on Apple Mac Mini?

[Sam Lawrance]

On 03/06/2007, at 8:02 PM, Sam Lawrance wrote:

>
> On 03/06/2007, at 10:26 AM, Richard Tobin wrote:
>
>>>> Does FreeBSD run well on the Mac Mini (x86)?  I'm considering  
>>>> getting
>>>> one to use for both MacOS and FreeBSD (booting from an external  
>>>> disk,
>>>> if that's reasonable).
>>
>>> Yep, it works fine.  I used boot camp to create a small boot
>>> partition on the internal drive, and it loads everything else  
>>> from an
>>> external USB drive.
>>
>> Thanks.  A few more questions:
>>
>>  - Any reason to prefer USB over Firewire?
>
> No, it's just what I had.
>
>>  - Do you have to use a boot partition on the internal disk?  Can
>>    FreeBSD boot from external USB or Firewire?
>
> I am not sure.  From what I understand, intel macs can boot from  
> either USB or Firewire provided that they are partition using GPT.   
> I used a boot partition on the external disk because I couldn't get  
> it to work, and didn't care to spend much time on it.

s/external/internal/ above :-)

>>  - Which release of FreeBSD are you using?
>
> 6.2-STABLE.
>
>
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