Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:12:34 -0800 From: George Hartzell <hartzell@alerce.com> To: Jason Joines <joines@okstate.edu> Subject: Re: will freebsd run on apple intel xserve Message-ID: <18272.27362.622233.540876@almost.alerce.com> Resent-Message-ID: <4761ACB3.2070406@okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <fjoucv$evr$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <fjoucv$evr$1@ger.gmane.org>
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Jason Joines writes: > I'm a Linux guy who has inherited some apple xserve boxes. > Surprisingly I've discovered that I really hate os x. For the intel > xserve boxes, Linux isn't an option. The CPUs are amd64 architecture. > The EFI capable Linux bootloader, has had beta support for amd64 since > July. However, the Linux kernel just got support to boot via EFI and > amd64 in a release candidate patch this month. It'll probably be quite > a while before a distribution has an installer with what I need. > > At any rate, I've always wanted to try one of the BSDs. Will > FreeBSD install on an apple intel xserve? If not does anyone know if > another BSD or some other open source NIX will work? I can't give you a direct answer, but I was running 6-STABLE on an 8-way mac pro up until a couple of weeks ago (I had to give it back to it's owners and I'm waiting until after the next wwdc to buy my own...). I used bootcamp to partition a spare disk, then just booted from a freebsd cd and installed onto that partition. I ended up using refit as a boot doohickey (initially from an refit cd, eventually taking a chance on installing it onto the disk itself). There wasn't anything too surprising. g.
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