Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 20:05:45 +1000 From: Sam Lawrance <lawrance@FreeBSD.org> To: Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au> Cc: Richard Tobin <richard@inf.ed.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Apple Mac Mini? Message-ID: <C6AC4345-931A-4D7C-B708-CCC9E064EFED@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <C238B9DC-0EAC-4ADC-8FEE-AE9ACDEC7E45@brooknet.com.au> References: <20070603002635.9507B215D70@macpro.inf.ed.ac.uk> <C238B9DC-0EAC-4ADC-8FEE-AE9ACDEC7E45@brooknet.com.au>
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On 03/06/2007, at 8:02 PM, Sam Lawrance wrote: > > On 03/06/2007, at 10:26 AM, Richard Tobin wrote: > >>>> Does FreeBSD run well on the Mac Mini (x86)? I'm considering >>>> getting >>>> one to use for both MacOS and FreeBSD (booting from an external >>>> disk, >>>> if that's reasonable). >> >>> Yep, it works fine. I used boot camp to create a small boot >>> partition on the internal drive, and it loads everything else >>> from an >>> external USB drive. >> >> Thanks. A few more questions: >> >> - Any reason to prefer USB over Firewire? > > No, it's just what I had. > >> - Do you have to use a boot partition on the internal disk? Can >> FreeBSD boot from external USB or Firewire? > > I am not sure. From what I understand, intel macs can boot from > either USB or Firewire provided that they are partition using GPT. > I used a boot partition on the external disk because I couldn't get > it to work, and didn't care to spend much time on it. s/external/internal/ above :-) >> - Which release of FreeBSD are you using? > > 6.2-STABLE. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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