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> That's an option, but I was initially reluctant to touch
> my internal disk.  I'm also somewhat upset that the machine
> can boot BSD or Linux only from an internal drive.  If I were
> to convert it to FreeBSD, then I'd be totally hosed when the internal
> drive dies (its really buried in an iMac).
>
>   
With working EFI support it should be possible.
> At any rate before I touch the internal disk, which GPU are you having
> problems with?  This box has a Radeon X1600.  I've heard something
> about ATI building their drivers with linux libs statically linked
> in.  Is that the problem?  Is there no X.org driver.
>
>   
Ati X1600. Works only in Vesa only for me, which means 1152x768 max
resolution on my 1440x900 screen, which is quite suboptimal.

Arne