Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 09:50:20 -0700 From: Chris <eagletree@hughes.net> To: FreeBSD-Questions Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Booting Xserve on 8.0 Message-ID: <85E4AD90-E5D0-47C1-AD7E-6F12F7C5B5E7@hughes.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTil33zZ1yaGfhqOziLkW-XSQin2zglDFantEGe9G@mail.gmail.com> References: <9E15A9F3-F67E-4ECC-B1EC-99F65764F831@hughes.net> <AANLkTikcmWUfLYKh0yicAQrglX0Jk8jmmoga9zfRF7Wd@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTinXuwLbI1yJ3LS7Ls0PciZGLPImLP-mnqcGzVi3@mail.gmail.com> <63A8A75A-D0F6-4FC6-A1D6-784792B5BBB7@hughes.net> <AANLkTil33zZ1yaGfhqOziLkW-XSQin2zglDFantEGe9G@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jun 6, 2010, at 4:09 AM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Chris <eagletree@hughes.net> wrote: > > 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 and Chris, Thank you, you both are on the solution if it works. rEFIt at refit.sourceforge.net was one of the solutions that looked promising, only with FreeBSD. I will try this. Anyone interested, feel free to contact me off-list on progress or especially if interested in cooperative discovery on whether this will work or not. Thanks again for the responses. > -- > Adam Vande More
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