From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 7 01:17:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6266F16A40F for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 01:17:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bazzoola@gmail.com) Received: from pproxy.gmail.com (pproxy.gmail.com [64.233.166.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E016F43D46 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 01:17:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bazzoola@gmail.com) Received: by pproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id t32so399105pyc for ; Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:17:38 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=dg7eik/AMVtTNpF+8XRPy9d62i4BEiXFRnlcSIzeRfHa1g/UMqIWOW0N7TlQ0NFq2gLtp/hJMuFIY0GPUrnUbTgEp8bhsiLsrYRS0t74V/LvGkzOf5usvKlTs0WANGDVVdtbxW0Hu9vwVDwfFFb1IYfOfqso57NVlCKLb0yvwQg= Received: by 10.35.36.13 with SMTP id o13mr268469pyj; Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:17:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.9? ( [35.11.158.74]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id r66sm86373pye.2006.04.06.18.17.36; Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:17:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4435BEA6.4060607@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:21:42 -0400 From: bazzoola User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5.0.2 (Macintosh/20060313) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:54:52 +0000 Subject: Re: Intel Macs that boot FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:17:39 -0000 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. > > -Maxim > > Frode Nordahl wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > I too tried booting FreeBSD 6.0 on a 2.0Ghz Macbook Pro with 1GB RAM I get the following CD Loader 1.2 Building the boot loader arguments Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found _ the cursor at the end is blinkin so fast. There isnt any activity. At least thats what I feel.