From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 29 17:15:34 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B48316A41B for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:15:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@fnop.net) Received: from core.fnop.net (mx.fnop.net [82.102.11.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A522C13C467 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:15:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@fnop.net) Received: from core.fnop.net (mx.fnop.net [82.102.11.82]) by core.fnop.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D631C690E20; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:08:39 +0100 (WEST) Received: by core.fnop.net (Postfix, from userid 1015) id 96030690ECE; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:08:39 +0100 (WEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on core.fnop.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DATE_IN_PAST_24_48 autolearn=no version=3.1.7 Received: from epsilon.local (unknown [83.240.196.208]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by core.fnop.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6E58690E20; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:08:35 +0100 (WEST) Message-ID: <46AA5202.5020406@fnop.net> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:13:54 +0100 From: Rui Paulo User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070704) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Gallatin References: <18088.61153.369771.398961@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <18088.61153.369771.398961@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Andrew Moran Subject: Re: FreeBSD on intel Mac 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: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:15:34 -0000 Andrew Gallatin wrote: > Andrew Moran writes: > > > > Is it the case that I can install and boot freebsd on an intel mac > > (uses EFI, not BIOS) currently (without using Boot Camp), or do I > > have to wait until FreeBSD 7 for this functionality? > > There are various gotachs with Intel Macs: > > When you have an Apple GPT partitioned disk, you may need to install > from 6.x. This is because libdisk causes sysinstall to exit (leading to > "going nowhere without my init") when libdisk crashes with "BARF ...." > > You can't install a non-EFI native OS on an external firewire drive > and be able to boot it (at least on my iMac). I tried various > partition styles (pure MBR, plus MBR + GPT), booting by selecting > "windows" from the alt-key menu, booting via rEFIt, Ubuntu Fiesty in > addition to FreeBSD, etc. That's about 8 or 12 hours of my life I'll > never get back :( > > Is anybody working on an EFI loader? Well, I should be starting to think about it. At least during August. Regards. -- Rui Paulo