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From: "Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]" <Danovitsch@vitsch.net>
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Subject: Re: Intel Macs and FreeBSD?
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On Thursday 27 April 2006 22:03, Mark Edwards wrote:
> Does anyone know if the Intel Macs can boot and install FreeBSD, now
> that the firmware includes BIOS compatibility?  Has anyone seen it
> happen?
>
> I'm thinking of using a Mac Mini as a quiet living-room server.  Thanks!

Have a look at the mailinglist archives of the FreeBSD-current mailling list. 
There was a discussion over there about this about 2-3 weeks ago. Maxim 
Sobolev got FreeBSD to boot on a Mac Intel after some minor changes.

grtz,
Daan