From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 25 20:50:56 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B671716A418 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:50:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from braun.sven@googlemail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 453EC13C458 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:50:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from braun.sven@googlemail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o4so464507uge for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:50:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=R9Kge7AVKEWlm8Ou3YzSmuM3Epc69hZrJ/C3DrQlx+IvV/J1Y6OoGmitM95x4raMXWuXkm8nnxlN8s2jclyLHvvdxzqJrDW1qKH56gPBRiujszbFMTXMxcfYunE1gZc34xKUMi7+xwnnxyoEdtYWesp4/y6uGrEwAGjk1INhX30= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=P4xSgDHWJm+F+Kti/0dUjaY3l5tUyQxSfHuxMLLSGIQezLpQKi7hoOf6AwETX+JFMNsAQ86ax3MKq3xsShnfwNq5JLt46DSWhT+1PTtwtn4qOiyi0JjqDeRM8CwjR6llxzHtzR88d8nUisnVZKipZ7ywBKjDwLhgu/h3kbQ88z4= Received: by 10.67.21.11 with SMTP id y11mr1644131ugi.1185396654857; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:50:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.252.19 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:50:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:50:54 +0200 From: "Sven Braun" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <18087.41034.817186.693348@almost.alerce.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <18087.41034.817186.693348@almost.alerce.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:09:17 +0000 Subject: Re: FreeBSD on intel Mac X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:50:56 -0000 > > 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