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From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com>
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On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Maxim Sobolev wrote:

> No, I don't think it's framebuffer issue, since FreeBSD CD starts loading (I 
> see message indicating that cdboot is trying to start BOOT/LOADER on the 
> screen). My guess is that Apple has only implemented BIOS in amount necessary 
> to bootstrap WinXP, while FreeBSD requires some functionality that doesn't 
> exist.

Does it drop you to the loader prompt or die before that?

Andy

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