Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 15:49:58 -0500 From: Don Hinton <don.hinton@vanderbilt.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: James Earl <james@icionline.ca>, Adrian Pavone <wingot@eftel.com> Subject: Re: Intel Mac experiences Message-ID: <200605251550.00108.don.hinton@vanderbilt.edu> In-Reply-To: <772f0d7b0605251320wede75b4p4f5e02ef29f27789@mail.gmail.com> References: <c6bf2550605241528o18e59768jbd2cd706079888c8@mail.gmail.com> <44760E3E.2090107@eftel.com> <772f0d7b0605251320wede75b4p4f5e02ef29f27789@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi: On Thursday 25 May 2006 15:20, James Earl wrote: > 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. :) If you tried to boot windows, you'd have the same problem. Mac intel doesn't have bios support, it must be emulated. And no, I don't have one either... ciao... don > > On 5/25/06, Adrian Pavone <wingot@eftel.com> 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 <wingot@eftel.com> 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 <tedm@toybox.placo.com> 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. 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. > > > > - -- > > 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 > > > > iD8DBQFEdg4+0JHtFv5fxW8RAqJwAKCN6vl7oFsaFvXFC7xcNWPYyH+aHQCffcHz > > Uwv9PjErpO0LzXnMio7AXmQ= > > =AlTL > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- Don Hinton <don.hinton at vanderbilt.edu> tel: 615.480.5667 ISIS, Vanderbilt University skype: donhinton http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~don.hinton/
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