Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 12:11:29 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: Chris <eagletree@hughes.net>, FreeBSD-Questions Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Booting Xserve on 8.0 Message-ID: <AANLkTilc5YquGXSgHBfvBsmWWYoDsQXNTJXImiaX5Z4Y@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTil33zZ1yaGfhqOziLkW-XSQin2zglDFantEGe9G@mail.gmail.com> References: <9E15A9F3-F67E-4ECC-B1EC-99F65764F831@hughes.net> <AANLkTikcmWUfLYKh0yicAQrglX0Jk8jmmoga9zfRF7Wd@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTinXuwLbI1yJ3LS7Ls0PciZGLPImLP-mnqcGzVi3@mail.gmail.com> <63A8A75A-D0F6-4FC6-A1D6-784792B5BBB7@hughes.net> <AANLkTil33zZ1yaGfhqOziLkW-XSQin2zglDFantEGe9G@mail.gmail.com>
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On 6 June 2010 12:09, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Chris <eagletree@hughes.net> wrote: > >> >>> =A0Thanks for the response. >> >> That would be a great solution, I read that Apple doesn't permit >> it to be installed on the XServe. That comes from an Apple article >> in their support pages dated November 19, 2008. Firmware update >> is required and none exists according to the note. I am researching >> if that is still true but haven't turned anything up yet. >> >> EFI is the issue. I was hoping there is new information such as >> an installation with EFI configuration files to permit the boot. >> There are instructions available on creating such an installation >> for linux variants. They don't seem to apply to FreeBSD or I haven't >> the knowledge to create such an installation. >> >> > Well if you want to run BSD on it, I suggest NetBSD. =A0They use rEFIt fo= r it. > http://wiki.netbsd.se/How_to_install_NetBSD_on_an_Apple_Macbook_w/core2du= o > > I would say there is even some reasonable hope it that it would work well= . > I'm no expert thought so you could try asking over there. > > -- > Adam Vande More Pretty good idea actually, I tried it on my Macbook once and it worked pretty well. I suggest you try the CD version http://refit.sourceforge.net/doc/c1s1_install.html before committing to anything though! Chris
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