Re: [DOCUMENT] Re: Intel Macs that boot FreeBSD?

From: Kurt Jaeger <pi_at_c0mplx.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:01:21 +0200
Hi!

> >Some progress: further investigation revealed that cdboot has been 
> >hanging when trying to enable A20 line, apparently Mac simply don't 
> >have relevant legacy hardware. 
> 
> The Intel-Mac-Hardware is touted to be the first legacy-free(TM) ("this 
> time really") Intel-Hardware that is generally available.
> A testimonial to where the computing industry could be now, had MSDOS 
> been abandoned 20 years ago.

See

http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200604/netvista_s40.html

Someone describes the install process for some IBM legacy-free HW.

Maybe this helps.

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Received on Mon Apr 10 2006 - 08:01:23 UTC

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