Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:41:03 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 10.0 on a Mac Mini Message-ID: <54467E8F.3020603@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <5446784C.50508@qeng-ho.org> References: <CADLW%2Bu2qXF5bg4HT0Q753xNdNiFEOY4-X=HkBQHje4JLWbM9HA@mail.gmail.com> <000001492de9c160-118b9768-2885-4337-b96a-4a308a8235d3-000000@email.amazonses.com> <5446323D.70500@bakslash.com> <20141021142630.02c3750d@mordeus> <544669F0.5010309@qeng-ho.org> <5446732F.1000906@hiwaay.net> <5446784C.50508@qeng-ho.org>
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On 10/21/14 10:14, Arthur Chance wrote: > 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@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. > > AFAIK, direct booting .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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