Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:15:59 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FBSD on MacBook Pro w/ Core 2 Duo? (was Re: Which OS for notebook) Message-ID: <20101012131559.GA43131@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <1286883599.2865.1399617949@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <AANLkTin644c3dZ0NNbJzeqXvuyLwTF67Ed=zJSoM9w6g@mail.gmail.com> <20101009175535.GA1567@hogwarts.local> <AANLkTikeAW9BN_M7qHWsQ2ytf4k_F0KAuirdyBgCoiAs@mail.gmail.com> <1286883599.2865.1399617949@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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--huq684BweRXVnRxX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 07:39:59AM -0400, Jud wrote: > > Here's an excellent place to start your research: > >=20 > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook > I've got a 13" MacBook Pro, version 5,5 specifically, with an Intel Core > 2 Duo CPU and 4GB RAM (and a 256GB SSD, though I'm reasonably sure > that's not problematic). I'm dual booting Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.4 > and Win 7 64-bit using rEFIt. >=20 > I want to install FreeBSD as a 3rd OS alongside OS X and Win. Here are > a couple of questions that arose during my research: >=20 > - I'd like to run a 64-bit version of FreeBSD. My reading on the > FreeBSD website appears to indicate that the correct 64-bit version for > the Core 2 Duo would be ia-64 No. You should use the amd64 version. This works without problems on my Cor= e2 systems.=20 The IA-64 version is only for the Itanium [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itanium] processors, which never became really popular and are mostly found in HP servers. > - If I follow the plain install instructions on the wiki page linked in > the quoted message above (after first making space for FreeBSD using the > Mac OS X disk utility), will rEFIt Just Work, i.e., recognize FreeBSD > and include it as an option in its boot menu? Or is there something > else I've got to do? Have a look at [http://blogs.freebsdish.org/rpaulo/2008/08/31/freebsd-ia32-efi-boot-loader= /]. Maybe that will work for you? As of 8.1-RELEASE, I don't see the source for this EFI boot in the ia32 boot loader (which amd64 also uses).=20 Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --huq684BweRXVnRxX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAky0X48ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVeHgCfWGHPKGY+lJsirpJT+r7hl5vb zWEAnR42lDelm5Ek+/caKT0P67tG2hPG =nwPx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --huq684BweRXVnRxX--
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