From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 6 11:12:02 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C8DF106568B for ; Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:12:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C8298FC1C for ; Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:12:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm20 with SMTP id 20so1716126fxm.13 for ; Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:12:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:reply-to :in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=iivb0r2uaY4iBXRWX3FKFF76U7T0BagmOyAmcRtWfDw=; b=yHx5hQVvNKJyzzqbkczHCNSBH9oBhYuC27SUgqJ8qt42FePmbYwAtvCStKWzxC1E0O BK3NvNSNwGHRviEzw8OIw9yDVXe8XD9MOm+AcN+BB1r713XeQKLEYypHlzPsAtD5itSg avmyA+UhJtytKZMFQle1IDaQ9ON8mQ3UXA/Ac= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=qpt1y1aQLdUa3zEKmGwmPMxwaMrWyHjrFk8kZwZk/64ODaQ6iyEJl3FX8+i7Hae5Ol coEnzsuaeESithSReTnFJmnWldj3jYpN/+lZ4x5xY0r8gogCVr+vGybNQ4yoPG7nKTPx dC0tv9CkD+Az4cAai/X3++yv2ei1arpVxEmhk= Received: by 10.204.81.2 with SMTP id v2mr5668345bkk.94.1275822719093; Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:11:59 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.54.211 with HTTP; Sun, 6 Jun 2010 04:11:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <9E15A9F3-F67E-4ECC-B1EC-99F65764F831@hughes.net> <63A8A75A-D0F6-4FC6-A1D6-784792B5BBB7@hughes.net> From: Chris Rees Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 12:11:29 +0100 Message-ID: To: Adam Vande More Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Chris , FreeBSD-Questions Questions Subject: Re: Booting Xserve on 8.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:12:02 -0000 On 6 June 2010 12:09, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Chris 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