Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:43:27 -0400 From: "michael johnson" <buhnux@gmail.com> To: "James Riendeau" <jtriende@wisc.edu> Cc: Mark Edwards <mark@antsclimbtree.com>, "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Intel Macs and FreeBSD? Message-ID: <b2203fed0604271943xb4b64dfjddab23a2f1f42275@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <12AF2FD6-1149-4012-951A-84F55BB1A6F9@wisc.edu> References: <33BF4116-4A55-4B03-8791-37B4B8ACEB52@antsclimbtree.com> <12AF2FD6-1149-4012-951A-84F55BB1A6F9@wisc.edu>
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On 4/27/06, James Riendeau <jtriende@wisc.edu> wrote: > > Why? Mac OS X has a complete unix freebsd-like core called darwin > ( http://www.darwin.org ). There's no reason to install freebsd on > it. Just install Mac Developer Tools (included in the Applications > folder), compile your favorite progs and go. Why not? I don't see why people tell people to not run FreeBSD on a mac. I've seen this quite a bit on the mailing list and it kind bugs me, mainly because the same could be said about anything. Like why run FreeBSD on a sparc with there is solaris, or why run FreeBSD on x86 when there is linux or windows with the windows services for unix. Don't get me wrong, I have 2 macs with OS X and I don't plan to change that any time soon. If it works why not run FreeBSD on it if they want too? Michael James Riendeau > MMI Computer Support Technician > 1300 University Ave > Rm. 436, Dept. of MedMicro > Madison, WI 53706 > > Phone: (608) 262-3351 > After-hours Phone: (608) 260-2696 > Fax: (608) 262-8418 > Email: jtriende@wisc.edu > > > > On Apr 27, 2006, at 3:03 PM, Mark Edwards wrote: > > > Does anyone know if the Intel Macs can boot and install FreeBSD, > > now that the firmware includes BIOS compatibility? Has anyone seen > > it happen? > > > > I'm thinking of using a Mac Mini as a quiet living-room server. > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > Mark Edwards > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > > _______________________________________________ > 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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