Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:41:03 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 10.0 on a Mac Mini Message-ID: <54467E8F.3020603@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <5446784C.50508@qeng-ho.org> References: <CADLW%2Bu2qXF5bg4HT0Q753xNdNiFEOY4-X=HkBQHje4JLWbM9HA@mail.gmail.com> <000001492de9c160-118b9768-2885-4337-b96a-4a308a8235d3-000000@email.amazonses.com> <5446323D.70500@bakslash.com> <20141021142630.02c3750d@mordeus> <544669F0.5010309@qeng-ho.org> <5446732F.1000906@hiwaay.net> <5446784C.50508@qeng-ho.org>
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On 10/21/14 10:14, Arthur Chance wrote:
> On 21/10/2014 15:52, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>> On 10/21/14 09:13, Arthur Chance wrote:
>>> On 21/10/2014 13:26, Luciano Mannucci wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:15:25 +0200
>>>> "Allan K. Bak" <akb@bakslash.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Apple Mac Mini MD388
>>>>> Intel Quad-Core i7 processor/2.3 GHz
>>>>> 3rd gen. CPU
>>>>> HD: SATA
>>>>> Storage: 1TB
>>>>> Gfx card: Intel HD Graphics 4000
>>>>> USB 3.0
>>>>>
>>>>> As far as I was able to find out this was the version to install (I
>>>>> don't have a DVD drive):
>>>>>
>>>>> FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img
>>>> I would have used the FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img, for the
>>>> I7 is a 64Bit machine.
>>>
>>> Also, don't Macs use (U)EFI to boot? That's not officially supported
>>> until 10.1, which is currently at RC2, actual RELEASE version coming
>>> soon.
>>
>> I am booting this box (Jaguar kabini desktop, ASRock mbd, UEFI BIOS)
>> under FBSD 9.3 & it boots OK .... I'm not doing/trying anything exotic,
>> but nonetheless ....
>>
>
> I'm on the 10.x branch so tend to forget 9.x. Does 9.3 actually
> support direct UEFI booting, or are you using CSM (legacy BIOS) mode
> to boot? I was under the impression that Macs didn't have CSM and
> needed a pure UEFI booting system.
>
>
AFAIK, direct booting ....
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William A. Mahaffey III
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