From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 4 07:50:31 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9347CCD8 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2013 07:50:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from benjamin.villain@gmail.com) Received: from mail-we0-x22b.google.com (mail-we0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::22b]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2AE9A2B22 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2013 07:50:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f171.google.com with SMTP id p57so5637056wes.2 for ; Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:50:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=IKyO2EqbSPO6N27reCgqkqiXp9zIyJILDQyHB4apH+w=; b=BTTsSCoHNy5Z52mVAtqBjLZB2PBQh+0SHkkcmVeq9+8PKi1v7GvLImGyysvjvd2Ob6 RHCtq8f7HeOqBHetJZ9oUkXfDtEJfOiS/aQ1GkQrfG17KRpQcwQfoUOayNLa2FpOkXKO TW3pJwMy/BDqzETLxE2EiLJpJqGDAGAFF1HZMKQthtiW/cLbnkx8NS9wfuaYYP2AKqNa x1UGxXAL4GzaN/qNXtOzu0yOmF0Vmuzm46OfOhXkDdONOyHmzxNIpGM/zTui5mZvFaSg 1Qh1TY3l9H/B1XC3I5KDFpklDlqzZlARIhqSj6FptRoY1KiD9U2kEnK0lNZVqSEJXO+F Zy5w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.188.202 with SMTP id gc10mr1044155wic.3.1378281029508; Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:50:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.2.129 with HTTP; Wed, 4 Sep 2013 00:50:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1EB0CEFA-6A7E-4666-BCE3-4158AFEEA047@westryn.net> References: <1EB0CEFA-6A7E-4666-BCE3-4158AFEEA047@westryn.net> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 09:50:29 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: booting FreeBSD on Apple Mac mini with GPT disk partition From: Benjamin VILLAIN To: Kim Shrier , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 07:50:31 -0000 Hi Kim, I had some trouble bootin FreeBSD on my macbook pro last year. It seems that you have to boot FreeBSD in BIOS mode (UEFI bootloader is not available yet on amd64) and this can only be achieved on the SATA hard drive (not an external one). I don't know how are you trying to boot it but it should work (this link could help https://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook). Regards, -- Ben On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Kim Shrier wrote: > Does anyone know if work on booting FreeBSD on modern Apple hardware > was ever completed? I have looked on the wiki, forums, and email archives > but I don't see anything definitive. > > I would like to have a GPT partitioned disk with a freebsd-boot, > freebsd-swap, > and multiple freebsd-ufs partitions on a new Mac mini. Any pointers would > be > appreciated. > > Thanks, > Kim > -- > Kim Shrier - kim@westryn.net > Shrier and Deihl, Westryn Internet Services > Internet Software Development and Hosting > Remote Unix Admin, Security > http://www.westryn.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >