Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:01:21 +0200 From: Kurt Jaeger <pi@c0mplx.org> To: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> Cc: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [DOCUMENT] Re: Intel Macs that boot FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20060410100121.GA76356@home.c0mplx.org> In-Reply-To: <443A240E.8080404@ultra-secure.de> References: <2C74BB8F-271B-4505-9D94-B270B3A4ACBA@nordahl.net> <44348603.9070503@FreeBSD.org> <20060406190944.G56354@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> <4435B303.5040205@FreeBSD.org> <196C209A-A585-4AD5-B7C9-A27DD57ECD8C@snsonline.net> <20060408103224.GR80492@spc.org> <20060408034357.A44217@xorpc.icir.org> <20060408105014.GV80492@spc.org> <44398452.6030007@FreeBSD.org> <443A240E.8080404@ultra-secure.de>
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Hi!
> >Some progress: further investigation revealed that cdboot has been
> >hanging when trying to enable A20 line, apparently Mac simply don't
> >have relevant legacy hardware.
>
> The Intel-Mac-Hardware is touted to be the first legacy-free(TM) ("this
> time really") Intel-Hardware that is generally available.
> A testimonial to where the computing industry could be now, had MSDOS
> been abandoned 20 years ago.
See
http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200604/netvista_s40.html
Someone describes the install process for some IBM legacy-free HW.
Maybe this helps.
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