Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:24:02 +0100 From: Gabriel Rossetti <mailing_lists@evotex.ch> To: hartzell@alerce.com Cc: Jason Joines <joines@okstate.edu> Subject: Re: will freebsd run on apple intel xserve Message-ID: <476259C2.4020502@evotex.ch> Resent-Message-ID: <476292EC.9060900@okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <18272.27362.622233.540876@almost.alerce.com> References: <fjoucv$evr$1@ger.gmane.org> <18272.27362.622233.540876@almost.alerce.com>
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George Hartzell wrote: > Jason Joines writes: > > I'm a Linux guy who has inherited some apple xserve boxes. > > Surprisingly I've discovered that I really hate os x. For the intel > > xserve boxes, Linux isn't an option. The CPUs are amd64 architecture. > AMD64....on an Intel X-Serve box? I think you got it wrong there....... Anyways, EFI support for Xeon CPUs should work without a problem, even for linux. I'm not sure about EFI support, I think it's fine in CURRENT, from what I've read on the net. Good luck, Gabriel > > The EFI capable Linux bootloader, has had beta support for amd64 since > > July. However, the Linux kernel just got support to boot via EFI and > > amd64 in a release candidate patch this month. It'll probably be quite > > a while before a distribution has an installer with what I need. > > > > At any rate, I've always wanted to try one of the BSDs. Will > > FreeBSD install on an apple intel xserve? If not does anyone know if > > another BSD or some other open source NIX will work? > > I can't give you a direct answer, but I was running 6-STABLE on an > 8-way mac pro up until a couple of weeks ago (I had to give it back to > it's owners and I'm waiting until after the next wwdc to buy my > own...). > > I used bootcamp to partition a spare disk, then just booted from a > freebsd cd and installed onto that partition. I ended up using refit > as a boot doohickey (initially from an refit cd, eventually taking a > chance on installing it onto the disk itself). > > There wasn't anything too surprising. > > g. > _______________________________________________ > 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" > >
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