Jason Joines writes: > I'm a Linux guy who has inherited some apple xserve boxes. > Surprisingly I've discovered that I really hate os x. For the intel > xserve boxes, Linux isn't an option. The CPUs are amd64 architecture. > The EFI capable Linux bootloader, has had beta support for amd64 since > July. However, the Linux kernel just got support to boot via EFI and > amd64 in a release candidate patch this month. It'll probably be quite > a while before a distribution has an installer with what I need. > > At any rate, I've always wanted to try one of the BSDs. Will > FreeBSD install on an apple intel xserve? If not does anyone know if > another BSD or some other open source NIX will work?
I can't give you a direct answer, but I was running 6-STABLE on an 8-way mac pro up until a couple of weeks ago (I had to give it back to it's owners and I'm waiting until after the next wwdc to buy my own...). I used bootcamp to partition a spare disk, then just booted from a freebsd cd and installed onto that partition. I ended up using refit as a boot doohickey (initially from an refit cd, eventually taking a chance on installing it onto the disk itself). There wasn't anything too surprising. g. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"