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From: Frode Nordahl <frode@nordahl.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 21:42:37 +0200
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Subject: Re: Intel Macs that boot FreeBSD?
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On 5. apr. 2006, at 16.09, Eric Anderson wrote:

> Is this what is needed to  get it booting FreeBSD?
>
> http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

According to this:
http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php? 
s=&showtopic=14048&view=findpost&p=89523

The actual magic is in a Firmware update wich seems to add some  
Legacy BIOS support to make it work. Boot Camp is just a nice helper  
to resize your hard drive and provide some Windows drivers in a  
package :-)

I just tried to boot FreeBSD on my MacBook Pro, and it did seem to  
start booting, but I could not see anything, just a white / grey screen.

I guess I need framebuffer support?

I am downloading Fedora now and will give it a shot shortly.


How would I go about building a FreeBSD CD with a framebuffer on it? :-)

Frode Nordahl
frode@nordahl.net