From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 7 19:10:09 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE7E22DE for ; Thu, 7 Mar 2013 19:10:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Received: from zoom.lafn.org (zoom.lafn.org [108.92.93.123]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AC72DA7 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 2013 19:10:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (static-71-177-216-148.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [71.177.216.148]) (authenticated bits=0) by zoom.lafn.org (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id r27JA7Qx012508 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 7 Mar 2013 11:10:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: Sanity Check on Mac Mini From: Doug Hardie In-Reply-To: <5138A742.3090200@wintek.com> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 11:10:07 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <97F9BA96-A328-4EF9-8E39-A8160AF9EB7A@lafn.org> References: <51CB1227-3A5F-4688-B48D-4D0E47A17572@lafn.org> <5138A742.3090200@wintek.com> To: rjk@wintek.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97 at zoom.lafn.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:10:09 -0000 On 7 March 2013, at 06:42, Richard Kuhns wrote: > On 03/07/13 01:59, Doug Hardie wrote: >> I have a new Mac Mini and have encountered the same problem reported = last year by Richard Kuhns. YongHyeon PYUN provided some patches to the = kernel that resolved the problem. However, without an internet = connection its a bit tricky to get them into the system. Here is the = approach I believe will work, but wanted to check first before I really = mess things up. >>=20 >> 1. Downloaded from current today via svnweb.freebsd.org: >> sys/dev/bge/if_bgereg.h >> sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c >> sys/dev/mii/brgphy.c >>=20 >> I believe the patches are incorporated in today's versions. The = comments indicate such. Thus I don't need to apply the original = supplied patch. >>=20 >> 2. Put those on a flash drive. >>=20 >> 3. Install 9.1 release from flash drive onto the Mini disk. Have to = include the system source. >>=20 >> 4. Copy the files from 1 above from flash over the files on the = disk. >>=20 >> 5. Rebuild the kernel and install it. >>=20 >> Thanks, >>=20 >> -- Doug >=20 > That's worked for me 3 times now. Thanks. Well, I got 9.1 Release installed, but it won't boot from the = internal disk. It doesn't see the disk as bootable. I installed using = the entire disk for FreeBSD. I used the i386 release. Perhaps I need = to switch to the amd64 release? -- Doug