Installing FreeBSD 10.0 on a Mac Mini

[Arthur Chance]

On 21/10/2014 15:52, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> On 10/21/14 09:13, Arthur Chance wrote:
>> On 21/10/2014 13:26, Luciano Mannucci wrote:
>>> On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:15:25 +0200
>>> "Allan K. Bak" <akb at bakslash.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Apple Mac Mini MD388
>>>> Intel Quad-Core i7 processor/2.3 GHz
>>>> 3rd gen. CPU
>>>> HD: SATA
>>>> Storage: 1TB
>>>> Gfx card: Intel HD Graphics 4000
>>>> USB 3.0
>>>>
>>>> As far as I was able to find out this was the version to install (I
>>>> don't have a DVD drive):
>>>>
>>>> FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img
>>> I would have used the FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img, for the
>>> I7 is a 64Bit machine.
>>
>> Also, don't Macs use (U)EFI to boot? That's not officially supported
>> until 10.1, which is currently at RC2, actual RELEASE version coming
>> soon.
>
> I am booting this box (Jaguar kabini desktop, ASRock mbd, UEFI BIOS)
> under FBSD 9.3 & it boots OK .... I'm not doing/trying anything exotic,
> but nonetheless ....
>

I'm on the 10.x branch so tend to forget 9.x. Does 9.3 actually support 
direct UEFI booting, or are you using CSM (legacy BIOS) mode to boot? I 
was under the impression that Macs didn't have CSM and needed a pure 
UEFI booting system.