Re: FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel?
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008, Tom Marchand wrote: > >>> Ian, > >>> > >>> You could always test it using VMWare Fusionand then let > >>> us know > >> > >> Er, Gee thanks. I'll just have a word with the VMware guys about > >> fully > >> abastracting the mini in software... back in a jiffy ;-) > > > > Actually VMWare has a Mac Version which is what the poster was > probably referring to. > ___ FreeBSD 6.x installs and runs well as far as I can tell on VM-Ware Fusion. This I Have done but I don't recall any specifics. I'm pretty sure I tried 6.1 and 6.3 but I forget which processor (amd64 vs i386). However personal preference: I'd rather run the box native FreeBSD and not have to bother with Mac OS X. I was actually musing that this (VM) might be a nice way to pre-install a complete custom system. Install, configure, add packages, tweak your fav kernel stuff, etc then dump/restore to a real disk and pop in to a physical system. I used to so something like this with NeXT systems. Twerked good. It all sounds promising enough to buy a new toy. I'll let you all know "real soon now" if/how I get it running. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel?
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:08 AM, Andrew Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 9:08 AM, John Almberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Nov 21, 2008, at 11:42 PM, Ian Jefferson wrote: >> >> Is anyone running FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel? >>> > > You could always test it using VMWare Fusionand then let us know > ;-) > > With a vm, you wouldn't have to worry about Apple's hardware booting > process. I have several FreeBSD 6.x servers in production running as VMs in VMWare Fusion, they work great. Portable, too. You can set Fusion to open your FreeBSD server upon starting, then you just put Fusion in your Login Items (under your Account settings in the System Preferences) so that it starts when the Mac Mini boots up. Give almost all the resources to FreeBSD and you'll have a fast machine. The other way to do it would be with Boot Camp, to enable booting to FreeBSD using the Mac's EFI architecture (there is no BIOS, only an emulated BIOS). You'll need that to be able to boot other operating systems like Windows, I have never done it with FreeBSD but do a search on the web for "mac mini freebsd boot camp", others have gotten it to work. Start by telling the mac you want to put Windows on... The only caveat, it used to be that when booting the Mini you'd have to select the FreeBSD partition manually to start it up..a. maybe Apple already fixed Boot Camp though so it remembers what you want as default so that it's no longer a problem. Please let us know if you try it. kelly ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel?
Bill Campbell writes: > [...] > I haven't tried FreeBSD on the Macs. [...] -STABLE runs almost flawlessly on an 8-core late 2008 Mac PRO. Sometimes hangs as it's booting and you need to give the snd_hda driver a couple of hints to get sound out, but otherwise it rocks. g. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel?
On Nov 25, 2008, at 12:19 AM, Bill Campbell wrote: On Mon, Nov 24, 2008, Ian Jefferson wrote: On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Andrew Gould wrote: On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 9:08 AM, John Almberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Nov 21, 2008, at 11:42 PM, Ian Jefferson wrote: Is anyone running FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel? Ian, You could always test it using VMWare Fusionand then let us know Er, Gee thanks. I'll just have a word with the VMware guys about fully abastracting the mini in software... back in a jiffy ;-) Actually VMWare has a Mac Version which is what the poster was probably referring to. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel?
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008, Ian Jefferson wrote: > > >On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Andrew Gould wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 9:08 AM, John Almberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > On Nov 21, 2008, at 11:42 PM, Ian Jefferson wrote: >> > >> > Is anyone running FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel? >> >> >> >> >> >> Ian, >> >> You could always test it using VMWare Fusionand then let us know > >Er, Gee thanks. I'll just have a word with the VMware guys about fully >abastracting the mini in software... back in a jiffy ;-) There's no reason one couldn't run all the normal LAMPS stuff on the Mac Mini with OS X. I have apache, postgresql, mysql, php, python, perl, etc. running on my PPC Mac Mini, all built from source. I haven't tried FreeBSD on the Macs. The most adventurous I've been so far is to put Yellowdog Linux on an old 450MhZ G4 tower, mostly to see how it worked -- pretty much the same as our other RPM-based systems running CentOS and SuSE. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax:(206) 232-9186 We'll show the world we are prosperous, even if we have to go broke to do it. -- Will Rogers ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel?
On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Andrew Gould wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 9:08 AM, John Almberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 21, 2008, at 11:42 PM, Ian Jefferson wrote: > > > > Is anyone running FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel? > >> > >> > > Ian, > > You could always test it using VMWare Fusionand then let us know > ;-) > Er, Gee thanks. I'll just have a word with the VMware guys about fully abastracting the mini in software... back in a jiffy ;-) Ok any comment about other low power platforms? I'm sorely tempted to just buy one (mini-intel) and promise to write up the results on some web page somewhere. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel?
On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 9:08 AM, John Almberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 21, 2008, at 11:42 PM, Ian Jefferson wrote: > > Is anyone running FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel? >> >> > I don't know the answer to your question, but don't think it's a crazy one. > One of the most interesting things I've seen, lately, is a hosting company > that uses stacks of Mac Minis running OS X Server. They may not be the thing > for mission-critical services, but for day-to-day web hosting, they are far > better (IMHO) than the typical WinTel or Linux white box systems that fill > colo facilities. Need redundancy? Plunk down another $500 bucks! One of > Apple's coolest products, I think. > > -- John > Ian, You could always test it using VMWare Fusionand then let us know ;-) With a vm, you wouldn't have to worry about Apple's hardware booting process. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel?
On Nov 21, 2008, at 11:42 PM, Ian Jefferson wrote: Is anyone running FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel? I don't know the answer to your question, but don't think it's a crazy one. One of the most interesting things I've seen, lately, is a hosting company that uses stacks of Mac Minis running OS X Server. They may not be the thing for mission-critical services, but for day- to-day web hosting, they are far better (IMHO) than the typical WinTel or Linux white box systems that fill colo facilities. Need redundancy? Plunk down another $500 bucks! One of Apple's coolest products, I think. -- John ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel?
Is anyone running FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel? I've looked around for a definitive discussion on the topic but couldn't find anything on this list or Google at least. I'd like to replace a couple of relatively high power-consuming servers with a couple of Mac Mini Intel's. For my purposes they are plenty good enough. I'd prefer to stay with the 6.X release for now. I've got a lot of Mac's around running OS X but in this case these boxes would be headless and without keyboards. An alternate serial console would be nice if that can be rigged up via USB and a serial converter. IJ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
