From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 24 18:27:31 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A9D76BC8; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 18:27:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-x229.google.com (mail-oa0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 64A8F2DF1; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 18:27:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f41.google.com with SMTP id j17so3450889oag.14 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 10:27:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=1Si8SifTPBHvCPp1TsNPind0KnC2jFPsB2OdeeTVxMU=; b=ANv/7d5urIULEh4zkPv9yowPgLWdQ2zFxsRCtmcCpn5ltlIs5PLFWvMxNoK+ij3ieR w0vSFSCtScpR3GtKNaAMN6TSHnEeQRODgrftmYhygzBNDeH2OqOKiE/qKt+bzCz9p35w CSk/snbE5ioVZ3UtbUzZqs+5xBoD1vmvpOSvzCByxU98y3Y1bwrZ2RZTJblvjiniRYHU D/dx9cFOpOT8eVwpprZ3KtzXrmpSajWejHAU8AhdeHos1MTqBllMwM3AYzPBkDOFdwDo fjLmES0t/agdiiieqSLYFj36ESdDJVkMG8aKAN8NzW6lZfZ7Wkt365SeyprqrTS3Iz9O GPOw== X-Received: by 10.60.125.3 with SMTP id mm3mr21157369oeb.23.1385317650660; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 10:27:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.74] (75-63-29-182.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net. [75.63.29.182]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id rr6sm79353023oeb.0.2013.11.24.10.27.27 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 24 Nov 2013 10:27:29 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: mac mini Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: aurfalien In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 10:27:26 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <0EDDC6B0-22EE-4B26-9DA5-C2FB75E9F0BD@gmail.com> References: <21136.62025.950336.994239@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <1385308605.5007.51434733.4AEBDB8D@webmail.messagingengine.com> To: iamatt X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 18:27:31 -0000 Well, its not so much that as they run fine with whatever like Win/Lin = etc... But why invest in a Mini not to run OSX? Might as well buy cheaper and = better HW for that matter if you wanna run another OS. We've a few few Minis, not a fan. - aurf On Nov 24, 2013, at 9:35 AM, iamatt wrote: > Production servers on Mac minis? What kind of Mickey Mouse place = would use > those for real servers?! > On Nov 24, 2013 9:57 AM, "Mark Felder" wrote: >=20 >> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013, at 12:22, George Hartzell wrote: >>> Doug Hardie writes: >>>>=20 >>>> On 20 November 2013, at 10:09, Friedrich Locke < >> friedrich.locke@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>=20 >>>>> Does anyone here run Open/FreeBSD on mac mini ? >>>>>=20 >>>>> Does the OS fully supports macmini hadrwared ? >>>>=20 >>>> I have a couple production servers using Minis running FreeBSD 9.1 >>>> and 9.2. Check the archives as I posted the procedures I used to >>>> install. Some current Minis require a bit of horsing around to get >>>> networking to work. I have never used a windowing system on them. >>>> I only use a dumb terminal for initial setup and then SSH in after >>>> that. >>>=20 >>> I've been running FreeBSD on a 2008 Intel 8-core Mac Pro (the tower) >>> for years, just bumped it up to the current 10-BETA3 (now that = Andriy >>> solved the ZFS/mmap bug I was fighting and I can trust my flac = tagging >>> pipeline again). >>>=20 >>> Works great. I'm running the gnome desktop using the nvidia binary >>> distribution to drive a 30" Dell monitor. >>>=20 >>> Root on Zfs, two disk mirror. Swapping directly onto partitions, no >>> mirror or ZFS involved. >>>=20 >>> I'm still depending on the BIOS emulation to boot and it only gets >>> triggered if you use MBR formatted disks, not GPT. That confused = the >>> daylights out of me for a bit. I'm not sure if the EFI (?) boot = stuff >>> works or not. >>>=20 >>> One time out of 4 it hangs early in the kernel starting up. Never >>> cared enough to get help tracking it down. >>>=20 >>=20 >> I know someone with the same model of Mac Pro but he's been in the >> process of moving. I'll see if I can convince him to install FreeBSD = on >> a drive and reproduce that hang. >>=20 >> When was the last time you ran OSX on it? There might be a >> BIOS/firmware/EFI update waiting. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"