In message: <3e1162e60601111405x59e7e70dyf57c74b01e888e8a_at_mail.gmail.com> David Leimbach <leimy2k_at_gmail.com> writes: : On 1/11/06, Julian Elischer <julian_at_elischer.org> wrote: : > : > alan bryan wrote: : > : > >I read that the new Intel (x86) Macs use EFI rather : > >than the traditional PC Bios to boot up. I'm : > >interested in using one of these to multiboot OS X and : > >FreeBSD and am wondering if it is yet known to work or : > >not. Do any changes need to be made to FreeBSD or : > >should it work out of the box? Thanks for any insight : > >and I know that it may be impossible to fully answer : > >until people get their hands on the hardware but I : > >just wanted to start thinking about the possibilities. : > > : > > : > well if they can boot Darwin I'm sure they can be hacked to boot FreeBSD. : > It would probabty require a different bootloader binary. : : : : I don't see what booting Darwin has to do with booting FreeBSD. : : However, since FreeBSD boots on IA64 using the FreeBSD bootloader for IA64, : I *hope* it won't be much work to port whatever changes that requires to : IA32. Assuming any DRM or copy protection that apple puts in place allows US to put a boot loader there in the first place. WarnerReceived on Thu Jan 12 2006 - 05:50:52 UTC
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