On 6 June 2010 12:09, Adam Vande More <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Chris <[email protected]> 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
Pretty good idea actually, I tried it on my Macbook once and it worked pretty well. I suggest you try the CD version http://refit.sourceforge.net/doc/c1s1_install.html before committing to anything though! Chris _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
