Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 09:23:52 -0600 From: "James Earl" <james@icionline.ca> To: vayu <vayu@sklinks.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Mac experiences Message-ID: <772f0d7b0605260823sa103665n16c5fa7d64f3dc94@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <A2C6450D-8EE9-4FBB-B099-A1E156D12CD6@sklinks.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEACFEAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <A2C6450D-8EE9-4FBB-B099-A1E156D12CD6@sklinks.com>
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On 5/26/06, vayu <vayu@sklinks.com> wrote: > I can understand the desire. OS X does have a polished and beautiful > desktop environment, but it is not FreeBSD. If money were no object > for me, I would want a Macbook Pro with a triple boot of OS X, Win XP > and FreeBSD. > > Back to the original topic: James, I'm curious that you had any > results booting with any BSD or Linux. The Intel Macs have no BIOS, > I have read of hacks that got Linux (and Windows before Apple offered > it) to work, but it didn't seem straight forward based on the > accounts I read. Maybe I'm just experiencing withdrawls from not using FreeBSD! ;) To try to boot any of these install CD's all ya do is hold down the C key to boot from the CD drive. Gentoo Linux had no problems booting, and GNOME actually felt quite fast (this is using the LiveCD). I think the hacks you read about are for getting an EFI compatible boot loader setup, or for getting winxp running before Apple's Boot Camp came out. I got the Intel Mac Mini mainly for the hardware. I like it's tiny size, low power consumption, and silent operation. I have another OS X machine at home, so I always planned to install FreeBSD on this Mac Mini when it was possible. I can get my work done on any system. So I just like to run the system that I enjoy playing with the most! James
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