Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 20:02:07 +1000 From: Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au> To: Richard Tobin <richard@inf.ed.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Apple Mac Mini? Message-ID: <C238B9DC-0EAC-4ADC-8FEE-AE9ACDEC7E45@brooknet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20070603002635.9507B215D70@macpro.inf.ed.ac.uk> References: <20070603002635.9507B215D70@macpro.inf.ed.ac.uk>
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On 03/06/2007, at 10:26 AM, Richard Tobin wrote: >>> Does FreeBSD run well on the Mac Mini (x86)? I'm considering >>> getting >>> one to use for both MacOS and FreeBSD (booting from an external >>> disk, >>> if that's reasonable). > >> Yep, it works fine. I used boot camp to create a small boot >> partition on the internal drive, and it loads everything else from an >> external USB drive. > > Thanks. A few more questions: > > - Any reason to prefer USB over Firewire? No, it's just what I had. > - Do you have to use a boot partition on the internal disk? Can > FreeBSD boot from external USB or Firewire? I am not sure. From what I understand, intel macs can boot from either USB or Firewire provided that they are partition using GPT. I used a boot partition on the external disk because I couldn't get it to work, and didn't care to spend much time on it. > - Which release of FreeBSD are you using? 6.2-STABLE.
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