Intel Macs that boot FreeBSD?
bazzoola
bazzoola at gmail.com
Fri Apr 7 01:17:39 UTC 2006
Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> No, I don't think it's framebuffer issue, since FreeBSD CD starts
> loading (I see message indicating that cdboot is trying to start
> BOOT/LOADER on the screen). My guess is that Apple has only implemented
> BIOS in amount necessary to bootstrap WinXP, while FreeBSD requires some
> functionality that doesn't exist.
>
> -Maxim
>
> Frode Nordahl wrote:
> > On 5. apr. 2006, at 16.09, Eric Anderson wrote:
> >
> >> Is this what is needed to get it booting FreeBSD?
> >>
> >> http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/
> >
> > According to this:
> >
http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?s=&showtopic=14048&view=findpost&p=89523
> >
> >
> > The actual magic is in a Firmware update wich seems to add some Legacy
> > BIOS support to make it work. Boot Camp is just a nice helper to resize
> > your hard drive and provide some Windows drivers in a package :-)
> >
> > I just tried to boot FreeBSD on my MacBook Pro, and it did seem to
start
> > booting, but I could not see anything, just a white / grey screen.
> >
> > I guess I need framebuffer support?
> >
> > I am downloading Fedora now and will give it a shot shortly.
> >
> >
> > How would I go about building a FreeBSD CD with a framebuffer on
it? :-)
> >
> > Frode Nordahl
> > frode at nordahl.net
> >
> >
> >
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I too tried booting FreeBSD 6.0 on a 2.0Ghz Macbook Pro with 1GB RAM
I get the following
CD Loader 1.2
Building the boot loader arguments
Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found
_
the cursor at the end is blinkin so fast. There isnt any activity.
At least thats what I feel.
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