From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 25 20:20:05 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 5304616BF68 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 20:20:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin@icionline.ca) Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23A0343D68 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 20:20:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from admin@icionline.ca) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id n1so417207nzf for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 13:20:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.148.17 with SMTP id a17mr4638844qbo; Thu, 25 May 2006 13:20:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.138.6 with HTTP; Thu, 25 May 2006 13:20:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <772f0d7b0605251320wede75b4p4f5e02ef29f27789@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:20:01 -0600 From: "James Earl" Sender: admin@icionline.ca To: "Adrian Pavone" In-Reply-To: <44760E3E.2090107@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> <772f0d7b0605251301v596f5e1fp8df960244096196c@mail.gmail.com> <44760E3E.2090107@eftel.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 9eece6188ca1f0e9 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 20:20:08 -0000 I'm actually just looking for general experiences that FreeBSD developers have had with Intel based Macs. I tried to make the subject clear... but I'm sometimes not too great at being clear in conversation. :) On 5/25/06, Adrian Pavone wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > No, I don't. I have never had a need, or even a use, for one. > > However, my comment on being more descriptive still stands regardless of > whether I did or didn't have an Intel Mac. And it would allow whoever > does actually help you to have something to work with. > > At first glance, sounds like a hardware driver issue, but by knowing > nothing about you or your computer then that you have an intel mac that > is hanging after boot, then no real help can be offered. > > James Earl wrote: > > Do you have an Intel Mac? > > > > On 5/25/06, Adrian Pavone wrote: > > 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 > > getting > >>> >FreeBSD installed onto an Intel Mac, and if you could share any > >>> >experiences or development plans? My 6.1-RELEASE installation CD > > gets > >>> >just past the boot menu and then stops. OpenBSD boots further but > > not > >>> >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: > > 5/22/2006 > >>> > > > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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. 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