From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 12 04:07:01 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99003106566B for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:07:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from starbase527@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C0418FC15 for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:07:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyg13 with SMTP id 13so294230gyg.13 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:07:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:subject:from:content-type:x-mailer:message-id :date:to:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=eq075jzHs1NUnv0HTAbXS3olciI3B1NQFhUY/wZLw8M=; b=vdasHBUgybssdGNg0jxRfTq4vnbzvBZZpK1CcAnMsF4v6VzC/rKk3NPM13uLFgD4gZ cSrP4p2TOlHL6hFGRLojtCwiZ8SUguGvhoOK36P2U0i3icdrmA1D8dorTpNigF//Zbem qn/ptSW7nvTkaSUYL/AvHgZMPnrUq6u0kRcSI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:content-type:x-mailer:message-id:date:to :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; b=s2rHznwUsxbTvEtNHfANp2KNxmIIer4rO6O3nzIscj8i5SQiB+5vT/jE0Do2BDPFll HTOxn8dsqwp+jEWOJqESCfpUX5qQvnppffC8g9L2v2sdDxgs8rkSWcyQgmEN37MLga7e hr4aSa4i9c4ZrDWx455TTSkIwcIYKp85Pz4rE= Received: by 10.101.166.40 with SMTP id t40mr1678226ano.118.1299901394268; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:43:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.0.1.199] (CPE-124-176-53-62.lns2.dea.bigpond.net.au [124.176.53.62]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x37sm6243333ana.28.2011.03.11.19.43.09 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:43:13 -0800 (PST) From: Jasper Bedwell X-Mailer: iPod Mail (8F190) Message-Id: Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:42:21 +1100 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPod Mail 8F190) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Installing FreeBSD 8.1 on MacBook 5,1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:07:01 -0000 Hi, I've been trying to dual-boot FreeBSD 8.1 with Mac OS X on my MacBook (5,1) f= or some time now, but am having trouble trying to get the live cd to boot. I reach the FreeBSD Boot Loader Screen with the options for boot, boot witho= ut ACPI etc. However, I cannot select an option. I have tried with both the built in keyb= oard and a USB keyboard, but I do not think that that is the problem... Previously I have tried dual booting Ubuntu, but had problems with the live C= D also. During the boot process, the boot seemed to freeze, and the CD stopp= ed spinning. I think it might be a similiar problem here. Soon after arrivin= g at this screen, the CD stops spinning. Thanks for any advice! BTW. I'm using the amd64 disc1 iso image =3D=3D Further Boot Info =3D=3D When booting, Mac's EFI allows me to choose to boot from the CD. The screen g= oes black, then the following appears: CD Loader 1.2 Building the boot loader arguments Looking up /BOOT/LOADER ... Found Relocating the loader and the BTX Starting the BTX Loader BTX Loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.0.2 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 BIOS drive C: is disk0 BIOS 639kB/1047552kB available memory Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=3D0x8d5503 data=3D0x129bf8+039f8 syms=3D[0x8 + 0xdd= bf8 + 0x8 + 0xca37e] It then continues to the FreeBSD Boot Loader Screen, and freezes I have also posted this question on the FreeBSD forums, but after a month th= ere has still been no answer. The same can be said for two other sites I pos= ted the question on: super user & the Unix and Linux Stackexchange. Sent from my iPod=