From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 21 15:34:50 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D8B7132C for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:34:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A26B9D82 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:34:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-76-84.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.76.84]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id s9LFYmGj021767 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:34:49 -0500 Message-ID: <54467E8F.3020603@hiwaay.net> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:41:03 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 10.0 on a Mac Mini References: <000001492de9c160-118b9768-2885-4337-b96a-4a308a8235d3-000000@email.amazonses.com> <5446323D.70500@bakslash.com> <20141021142630.02c3750d@mordeus> <544669F0.5010309@qeng-ho.org> <5446732F.1000906@hiwaay.net> <5446784C.50508@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <5446784C.50508@qeng-ho.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:34:50 -0000 On 10/21/14 10:14, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 21/10/2014 15:52, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> On 10/21/14 09:13, Arthur Chance wrote: >>> On 21/10/2014 13:26, Luciano Mannucci wrote: >>>> On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:15:25 +0200 >>>> "Allan K. Bak" wrote: >>>> >>>>> Apple Mac Mini MD388 >>>>> Intel Quad-Core i7 processor/2.3 GHz >>>>> 3rd gen. CPU >>>>> HD: SATA >>>>> Storage: 1TB >>>>> Gfx card: Intel HD Graphics 4000 >>>>> USB 3.0 >>>>> >>>>> As far as I was able to find out this was the version to install (I >>>>> don't have a DVD drive): >>>>> >>>>> FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img >>>> I would have used the FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img, for the >>>> I7 is a 64Bit machine. >>> >>> Also, don't Macs use (U)EFI to boot? That's not officially supported >>> until 10.1, which is currently at RC2, actual RELEASE version coming >>> soon. >> >> I am booting this box (Jaguar kabini desktop, ASRock mbd, UEFI BIOS) >> under FBSD 9.3 & it boots OK .... I'm not doing/trying anything exotic, >> but nonetheless .... >> > > I'm on the 10.x branch so tend to forget 9.x. Does 9.3 actually > support direct UEFI booting, or are you using CSM (legacy BIOS) mode > to boot? I was under the impression that Macs didn't have CSM and > needed a pure UEFI booting system. > > AFAIK, direct booting .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.