Re: [9fans] Booting plan9 on intel macs

2009-06-29 Thread J.R. Mauro
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > I accidentally installed a FreeBSD drive in my MacBook. To my surprise, > it just worked. If you install a boot drive with the "usual" PC disk > partitioning the Macs will boot in what seems to be a fairly complete > BIOS emulation. > > How

Re: [9fans] Booting plan9 on intel macs

2009-06-29 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
I accidentally installed a FreeBSD drive in my MacBook. To my surprise, it just worked. If you install a boot drive with the "usual" PC disk partitioning the Macs will boot in what seems to be a fairly complete BIOS emulation. How far Plan9 gets is another story, but my guess is that even if it se

Re: [9fans] Booting plan9 on intel macs

2009-06-29 Thread Devon H. O'Dell
2009/6/29 David Leimbach : > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Devon H. O'Dell > wrote: >> >> 2009/6/29 Brad Frank : >> > What kinds of modifications would be necessary to get plan9 booting on >> > intel macs? The latest releases don't seem to boot, they just hang. >> >> EFI, at a minimum. >> > > W

Re: [9fans] Booting plan9 on intel macs

2009-06-29 Thread David Leimbach
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > 2009/6/29 Brad Frank : > > What kinds of modifications would be necessary to get plan9 booting on > > intel macs? The latest releases don't seem to boot, they just hang. > > EFI, at a minimum. > > What of rEFIt or Boot Camp? They have BIOS

Re: [9fans] Booting plan9 on intel macs

2009-06-29 Thread Devon H. O'Dell
2009/6/29 Brad Frank : > What kinds of modifications would be necessary to get plan9 booting on > intel macs? The latest releases don't seem to boot, they just hang. EFI, at a minimum.

[9fans] Booting plan9 on intel macs

2009-06-29 Thread Brad Frank
What kinds of modifications would be necessary to get plan9 booting on intel macs? The latest releases don't seem to boot, they just hang.