From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 26 08:19:44 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52C9016A401 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:19:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-current@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1372413C491 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:19:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-current@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HLb53-0001gt-0h for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:19:33 +0100 Received: from dhcp197.ifado.de ([195.253.22.197]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:19:33 +0100 Received: from wb by dhcp197.ifado.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:19:33 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: "Wilhelm B. Kloke" Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:19:23 +0000 (UTC) Organization: InstArbPhysUniDo Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp197.ifado.de User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) Cache-Post-Path: yorikke.arb-phys.uni-dortmund.de!unknown@localhost X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.1 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Sender: news Subject: Re: i386 EFI booting status/roadmap? 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: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:19:44 -0000 Andrew Moran schrieb: > > I'm considering using one of the new intel Xserve macs for a > replacement server. I was googling for support for booting FreeBSD > off of EFI and only found posts saying it couldn't be done, but all > of those were over 7 months old. > > 1) Is it still the case that one cannot boot i386 FreeBSD on EFI (w/ > o bootcamp)? > 2) Is this currently being worked on, and if so, is there a known > timeline? As I want to see this happen, too, here are my experiences with this (on MacMini early 2000): I installed rEFIt 0.8 on the system. Linux (Ubuntu Edgy) boots fine, and works. FreeBSD 6.2 boots into the system installer. AFAIK, the Yukon II Ethernet is supported only on 7.0. DragonflyBSD (1.8?) hangs. NetBSD (?) hangs, too. Apple's netboot process is not standard DHCP, so there is extra work necessary to use this. If and when I can use my MacMini via Netboot, I am going to be a happy user of this. -- Dipl.-Math. Wilhelm Bernhard Kloke Institut fuer Arbeitsphysiologie an der Universitaet Dortmund Ardeystrasse 67, D-44139 Dortmund, Tel. 0231-1084-257 PGP: http://vestein.arb-phys.uni-dortmund.de/~wb/mypublic.key