Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 21:45:08 +0300 From: Heikki Lindholm <holindho@saunalahti.fi> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install on macpro1,1 (efi32) Message-ID: <58051C34.2080107@saunalahti.fi> In-Reply-To: <5801F0B2.1070201@saunalahti.fi> References: <5801F0B2.1070201@saunalahti.fi>
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15.10.2016, 12.02, Heikki Lindholm kirjoitti: > Hello list, > > I'm quite unfamiliar with FreeBSD, but thought I'd give it a try, mainly > to get ZFS, and maybe to get rid of Linux. The machine I'm trying to > install on is a first generation Apple Mac Pro (macpro1,1) with 64-bit > Xeons, but 32-bit EFI implementation. I tried to boot some of the > installation media with varying success. > > The following would not boot at all: > FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-uefi-disc1.iso > FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso > > The following did boot: > FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso > > I'm guessing that the one that boots, does it in the BIOS emulation mode > provided by Apple's firmware. Of course, I'd like to skip any BIOS > emulation and have it utilise EFI, and I'd also like to start with the > latest 11.0 RELEASE version. > > So, my questions are: Does FreeBSD support a mixed boot-up process of a > 32-bit EFI and a 64-bit kernel (Linux does, or at least did). Once the > kernel is booted up, does it matter in FreeBSD whether it got booted > using BIOS emulation or EFI (ie. slower firmware call access, changes in > perceived HD geometry or device tree, etc..)? Is there a way to boot the > 11 RELEASE installation media on this machine? > > Ultimately I'd like to have a dual boot system of OS X and FreeBSD with > only Apple's firmware provided OS / boot device chooser (pressing Alt at > startup). IF reFind or something like that is the only way on this > machine then so be it, though. Answering myself here, for the record. The svn contains beginnings of 32-bit i386 EFI boot / loader support, but I couldn't tell whether the kernel will support a mixed mode boot from a 32-bit EFI booter to 64-bit kernel.
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