On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 07:39:59AM -0400, Jud wrote: > > Here's an excellent place to start your research: > > > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook
> I've got a 13" MacBook Pro, version 5,5 specifically, with an Intel Core > 2 Duo CPU and 4GB RAM (and a 256GB SSD, though I'm reasonably sure > that's not problematic). I'm dual booting Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.4 > and Win 7 64-bit using rEFIt. > > I want to install FreeBSD as a 3rd OS alongside OS X and Win. Here are > a couple of questions that arose during my research: > > - I'd like to run a 64-bit version of FreeBSD. My reading on the > FreeBSD website appears to indicate that the correct 64-bit version for > the Core 2 Duo would be ia-64 No. You should use the amd64 version. This works without problems on my Core2 systems. The IA-64 version is only for the Itanium [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itanium] processors, which never became really popular and are mostly found in HP servers. > - If I follow the plain install instructions on the wiki page linked in > the quoted message above (after first making space for FreeBSD using the > Mac OS X disk utility), will rEFIt Just Work, i.e., recognize FreeBSD > and include it as an option in its boot menu? Or is there something > else I've got to do? Have a look at [http://blogs.freebsdish.org/rpaulo/2008/08/31/freebsd-ia32-efi-boot-loader/]. Maybe that will work for you? As of 8.1-RELEASE, I don't see the source for this EFI boot in the ia32 boot loader (which amd64 also uses). Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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