Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:42:21 +1100 From: Jasper Bedwell <starbase527@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Installing FreeBSD 8.1 on MacBook 5,1 Message-ID: <B9925BBE-EE10-4A6A-95AE-49AE1296E612@gmail.com>
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Hi, I've been trying to dual-boot FreeBSD 8.1 with Mac OS X on my MacBook (5,1) for some time now, but am having trouble trying to get the live cd to boot. I reach the FreeBSD Boot Loader Screen with the options for boot, boot without ACPI etc. However, I cannot select an option. I have tried with both the built in keyboard and a USB keyboard, but I do not think that that is the problem... Previously I have tried dual booting Ubuntu, but had problems with the live CD also. During the boot process, the boot seemed to freeze, and the CD stopped spinning. I think it might be a similiar problem here. Soon after arriving at this screen, the CD stops spinning. Thanks for any advice! BTW. I'm using the amd64 disc1 iso image == Further Boot Info == When booting, Mac's EFI allows me to choose to boot from the CD. The screen goes black, then the following appears: CD Loader 1.2 Building the boot loader arguments Looking up /BOOT/LOADER ... Found Relocating the loader and the BTX Starting the BTX Loader BTX Loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.0.2 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 BIOS drive C: is disk0 BIOS 639kB/1047552kB available memory Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8d5503 data=0x129bf8+039f8 syms=[0x8 + 0xddbf8 + 0x8 + 0xca37e] It then continues to the FreeBSD Boot Loader Screen, and freezes I have also posted this question on the FreeBSD forums, but after a month there has still been no answer. The same can be said for two other sites I posted the question on: super user & the Unix and Linux Stackexchange. Sent from my iPodhelp
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