Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 21:42:37 +0200 From: Frode Nordahl <frode@nordahl.net> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Macs that boot FreeBSD? Message-ID: <2C74BB8F-271B-4505-9D94-B270B3A4ACBA@nordahl.net> In-Reply-To: <4433CFA1.90509@centtech.com> References: <4433CFA1.90509@centtech.com>
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On 5. apr. 2006, at 16.09, Eric Anderson wrote: > Is this what is needed to get it booting FreeBSD? > > http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/ According to this: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php? s=&showtopic=14048&view=findpost&p=89523 The actual magic is in a Firmware update wich seems to add some Legacy BIOS support to make it work. Boot Camp is just a nice helper to resize your hard drive and provide some Windows drivers in a package :-) I just tried to boot FreeBSD on my MacBook Pro, and it did seem to start booting, but I could not see anything, just a white / grey screen. I guess I need framebuffer support? I am downloading Fedora now and will give it a shot shortly. How would I go about building a FreeBSD CD with a framebuffer on it? :-) Frode Nordahl frode@nordahl.net
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