From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 13 23:07:04 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D14516A41B for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:07:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E88F713C447 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:07:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1J2x77-0008IH-Ke for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:05:09 +0000 Received: from feistyd.lsw.okstate.edu ([139.78.110.83]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:05:09 +0000 Received: from joines by feistyd.lsw.okstate.edu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:05:09 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Jason Joines Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:02:39 -0600 Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <18272.27362.622233.540876@almost.alerce.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: feistyd.lsw.okstate.edu User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070728) In-Reply-To: <18272.27362.622233.540876@almost.alerce.com> Sender: news Subject: Re: will freebsd run on apple intel xserve X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:07:04 -0000 George Hartzell wrote: > 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. > I didn't even know there was such a thing as an 8-way mac pro. Unfortunately that probably doesn't mean much as far as the xserve boxes go, at least not the intel xserve boxes. I'm running Linux on an intel imac and an intel powerbook pro, and others are on the intel powerbook and it runs on all the PowerPC stuff. However, all the intel boxes just mentioned have BIOS emulation. The intel xserve boxes do not, boot camp won't run on them and isn't supported on them. Jason ===========