Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 06:09:25 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Chris <eagletree@hughes.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Booting Xserve on 8.0 Message-ID: <AANLkTil33zZ1yaGfhqOziLkW-XSQin2zglDFantEGe9G@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <63A8A75A-D0F6-4FC6-A1D6-784792B5BBB7@hughes.net> References: <9E15A9F3-F67E-4ECC-B1EC-99F65764F831@hughes.net> <AANLkTikcmWUfLYKh0yicAQrglX0Jk8jmmoga9zfRF7Wd@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTinXuwLbI1yJ3LS7Ls0PciZGLPImLP-mnqcGzVi3@mail.gmail.com> <63A8A75A-D0F6-4FC6-A1D6-784792B5BBB7@hughes.net>
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On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Chris <eagletree@hughes.net> wrote: > >> Thanks for the response. > > That would be a great solution, I read that Apple doesn't permit > it to be installed on the XServe. That comes from an Apple article > in their support pages dated November 19, 2008. Firmware update > is required and none exists according to the note. I am researching > if that is still true but haven't turned anything up yet. > > EFI is the issue. I was hoping there is new information such as > an installation with EFI configuration files to permit the boot. > There are instructions available on creating such an installation > for linux variants. They don't seem to apply to FreeBSD or I haven't > the knowledge to create such an installation. > > Well if you want to run BSD on it, I suggest NetBSD. They use rEFIt for it. http://wiki.netbsd.se/How_to_install_NetBSD_on_an_Apple_Macbook_w/core2duo I would say there is even some reasonable hope it that it would work well. I'm no expert thought so you could try asking over there. -- Adam Vande More
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