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Subject: Re: booting FreeBSD on Apple Mac mini with GPT disk partition
From: Kim Shrier <kim@westryn.net>
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On Sep 4, 2013, at 3:38 AM, Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> wrote:

> On 03/09/2013 21:29, Kim Shrier wrote:
>> Does anyone know if work on booting FreeBSD on modern Apple hardware
>> was ever completed?  I have looked on the wiki, forums, and email =
archives
>> but I don't see anything definitive.
>>=20
>> I would like to have a GPT partitioned disk with a freebsd-boot, =
freebsd-swap,
>> and multiple freebsd-ufs partitions on a new Mac mini.  Any pointers =
would be
>> appreciated.
> I believe efi boot is almost done https://wiki.freebsd.org/UEFI
>=20
> I haven't tested yet although I may sometime soon as it would be nice =
to
> have my macbook dual boot without having to use bootcamp.
>=20
> Vince

I seem to remember that the EFI code on a mac will only boot from an =
HFS+
partition if the disk is partitioned using GPT.  It will boot from a MBR =
partitioned
disk but only after waiting about 45 seconds before trying the MBR boot. =
 I
would like to avoid this delay.

Is this (still) true?

Kim