From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 6 03:08:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A31116A401 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 03:08:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) Received: from sippysoft.com (gk.360sip.com [72.236.70.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7BEE43D46 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 03:08:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [192.168.0.47] ([204.244.149.125]) (authenticated bits=0) by sippysoft.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k363MtFG027135 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 5 Apr 2006 20:23:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <44348603.9070503@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:07:47 -0700 From: Maxim Sobolev Organization: Sippy Software, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frode Nordahl References: <4433CFA1.90509@centtech.com> <2C74BB8F-271B-4505-9D94-B270B3A4ACBA@nordahl.net> In-Reply-To: <2C74BB8F-271B-4505-9D94-B270B3A4ACBA@nordahl.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Intel Macs that boot FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 03:08:12 -0000 No, I don't think it's framebuffer issue, since FreeBSD CD starts loading (I see message indicating that cdboot is trying to start BOOT/LOADER on the screen). My guess is that Apple has only implemented BIOS in amount necessary to bootstrap WinXP, while FreeBSD requires some functionality that doesn't exist. -Maxim Frode Nordahl wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >