Re: will freebsd run on apple intel xserve

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.
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