Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:50:54 +0200 From: "Sven Braun" <braun.sven@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on intel Mac Message-ID: <bf9eeaf30707251350q53ac99e1vf8c3a43110f3056e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <18087.41034.817186.693348@almost.alerce.com> References: <E0467B70-C0D1-42F7-A93A-24B34BEBF672@forsythia.net> <18087.41034.817186.693348@almost.alerce.com>
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> > Is it the case that I can install and boot freebsd on an intel mac > > (uses EFI, not BIOS) currently (without using Boot Camp), or do I > > have to wait until FreeBSD 7 for this functionality? Yes and no. On my MacBook I am currently running Current, otherwise I had to use a closed-source network driver for my network card. This is not a real problem, but I think it is nicer. And some other features like WiFi will be possible. If you wan't to install only FreeBSD with rEFIt, you have to: Boot from the Mac OS X Install Disc 1, seletc Disk Utility and Partition the following way: MBR-Table 512 MB JHFS+ whatyouneedforyourbasesystem GB UFS andprobablythe/usr/home GB UFS you reboot into a freebsd installation, select custom -> partition -> and change the types of your non-jhfs+ partitions to 165 and you don't want to touch the mbr! reboot over again into yout freebsd installation, select custom -> label and create your labels and install it the normal way. you reboot into mac os x and copy refit from a usbstick onto the jhfs+ refit partition, with the in the enable-always.sh "bless -..." command you set it bootable and enjoy your freebsd with refit. if you want to keep os x, deal this way: > Now, if I hold down the option key as the machine powers up, I'm > offered the choice of booting my "real" os x install on a different > disk or refit (oddly, it asks me about booting windows, I've never > tried it). When I choose refit, it gives me a couple of things to > boot from, including either of the mac installs or my freebsd system. > > I think that if I run refit's enable-always shell script, I can avoid > the option key trick and possibly just boot into freebsd by default, > but I haven't explored that option. This will only work, when you install refit recent. -- Sven Braun
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