Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 08:03:51 +0800 From: Huang Wen Hui <huanghwh@gmail.com> To: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> Cc: FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: UEFI display frozen on Retina MacBook Pro Message-ID: <CAB8uncY0rLs4m4BW4wWPC=NHaF9aH2rK9TQHk48FQTEqWW%2BHnQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9C939A39-79DA-44A7-8C8C-48B6423B50D4@jnielsen.net> References: <9C939A39-79DA-44A7-8C8C-48B6423B50D4@jnielsen.net>
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Hi, 2014-09-06 1:20 GMT+08:00 John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>: > I have a "MacBook Pro Retina, Mid 2012" (MacBookPro10,1) on which I'd like > to be able to boot FreeBSD from an external USB drive. For testing I've > been using the mini-memstick images from the -CURRENT snapshots, most > recently the one from 20140903. > This IMAC model can UEFI boot when I tried before. I install rEFInd( http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/) as boot manager, You can see FreeBSD boot information under rEFInd. Cheers, Huang Wen Hui > I am able to select "EFI Boot" on the USB device from the Mac's boot menu, > and it does _something_, but the screen never changes--the image of the > boot menu is displayed indefinitely. I think it is actually booting since > there is drive activity and the caps lock key indicator starts working a > few seconds in, but the screen just stays the same. Thinking the resolution > of the Retina display may have been an issue, I tried booting with it > disabled (lid closed) and an external monitor and keyboard. The result was > the same--Mac boot menu frozen on the external display. > > Is there anything I should try to troubleshoot or debug this issue? > Anything else I should include in a PR? I can test patches if needed > (probably after building an image including the patch from a VM). > > Thanks, > > JN > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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