From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 25 20:05:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31FA116BF6D for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 20:05:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin@icionline.ca) Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A39E643D46 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 20:05:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from admin@icionline.ca) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id n1so414471nzf for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 13:05:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.53.8 with SMTP id b8mr368333qba; Thu, 25 May 2006 13:05:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.138.6 with HTTP; Thu, 25 May 2006 13:05:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <772f0d7b0605251305p5462aef6kd258ab5294d27d63@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:05:44 -0600 From: "James Earl" Sender: admin@icionline.ca To: "Adrian Pavone" In-Reply-To: <44760AE8.6040808@eftel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <772f0d7b0605251247s3391137bv32f0122512402c8e@mail.gmail.com> <44760AE8.6040808@eftel.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: f455b204f296c98c Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Mac experiences X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 20:06:01 -0000 Thanks for your suggestions. I found some more intel mac posts in freebsd-current. On 5/25/06, Adrian Pavone wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > James, > > By an Intel Mac, do you mean an i386? Or still a PPC? > > If you are referring to an i386, then the i386 install CD should work, > and any problems you are having should involve more detail so that we > can have a rough idea what is going on (something more then "gets just > past the boot menu and then stops." For example, does it freeze with > only the boot menu showing, do any other messages appear at the bottom > of the screen after the boot menu, does the screen go blank, etc.) > > Ohh, and as Ted was saying, MacOS X is built on BSD :) > > James Earl wrote: > > I'm not joking. This is a FreeBSD mailing list isn't it? > > > > On 5/25/06, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> > >> Please tell me your joking, don't you know that MacOS X is > >> just a commercialized version of FreeBSD? > >> > >> Ted > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of James Earl > >> >Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:29 PM > >> >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >> >Subject: Intel Mac experiences > >> > > >> > > >> >Hi, > >> > > >> >I'm just curious if there's any developers playing around with gettin= g > >> >FreeBSD installed onto an Intel Mac, and if you could share any > >> >experiences or development plans? My 6.1-RELEASE installation CD get= s > >> >just past the boot menu and then stops. OpenBSD boots further but no= t > >> >all the way, and Gentoo Linux LiveCD runs great. > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > > >> >-- > >> >No virus found in this incoming message. > >> >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> >Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/345 - Release Date: 5/22/2= 006 > >> > > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > - -- > This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. > > Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any > private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly > and possibly junked. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFEdgro0JHtFv5fxW8RAhVSAJ45Jau+NqRA+G600gCUILtZKIeYuQCff76k > Sak5gHvrExUpiVO0DLrBCNg=3D > =3DYb1q > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >