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Date:      Thu, 6 Apr 2006 19:17:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Intel Macs that boot FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <20060406190944.G56354@lexi.siliconlandmark.com>
In-Reply-To: <44348603.9070503@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <4433CFA1.90509@centtech.com> <2C74BB8F-271B-4505-9D94-B270B3A4ACBA@nordahl.net> <44348603.9070503@FreeBSD.org>

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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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