[Bug 215143] FreeBSD 11 install cd does not boot on macpro1,1 (32-bit efi)

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=215143

Benjamin Jacobs <freebsd@dev.thsi.be> changed:

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--- Comment #20 from Benjamin Jacobs <freebsd@dev.thsi.be> ---
FWIW, I've used FreeBSD on such hardware, using a snapshot of 14.0-STABLE amd64
in June 2023. As said, FreeBSD's EFI-loaders do not support such rare 32-bits
EFI environment, hence the install media does not work out-of-the box.

However, by using rEFInd it is possible to chain-boot the FreeBSD install media
(in my case, using an USB key, I've not tried using the CDROM). The resulting
installed system also needs rEFInd to be "chain-booted". From what I recall,
the rEFInd installation on the final system was quite straightforward: a couple
.efi payload to put on the EFI partition, and a simple config file to
chain-load FreeBSD's EFI loader.

At this point, since it seems unlikely that anyone would want to work on a
32bit EFI loader,  maybe some updated documentation, wiki or forum-post is all
that we should aim for?

(Unfortunately, I do not have access to said hardware anymore to be able to
contribute a more accurate installation procedure. For sure, it was possible
last year using only officially-built versions of FreeBSD and rEFInd together.
I don't see any reason that it wouldn't be the case anymore. That hardware is
still quite capable, and there isn't really that much in the way to keep using
it with FreeBSD :-) )

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