Hello !
First of all, I know how to boot from a disc (EFI is shown as EFI64). A Knoppix 7.2 and the latest Arch Linux image worked without problems.
I downloaded the FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso image and installed it using VirtualBox under Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Worked without problems (including Xorg and the guest add ons). So, I thought to try to boot from the DVD (to try to get a dual boot system). All I got was
Nothing freezes or hangs, so I tried the
My main question is now, how can I boot from the DVD to install FreeBSD. I know that VirtualBox is more simple - but I like to try the other way without to buy own hardware to play around with.
Thanks for any help or any ideas.
First of all, I know how to boot from a disc (EFI is shown as EFI64). A Knoppix 7.2 and the latest Arch Linux image worked without problems.
I downloaded the FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso image and installed it using VirtualBox under Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Worked without problems (including Xorg and the guest add ons). So, I thought to try to boot from the DVD (to try to get a dual boot system). All I got was
Code:
CD Loader 1.2
Building the boot loader arguments
Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found
Relocating the loader and the BTX
Starting the BTX loader
BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02
Consoles: internal video/keyboard
BIOS drive C: is disk0
BIOS 568kB/523264kB available memory
FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
(root@snap.freebsd.org, Thu Jan 16 22:18:05 UTC 2014)
/
can´t load ´kernel´
Type ´?´ for a list of commands, ´help´ for more detailed help.
OK
Nothing freezes or hangs, so I tried the
lsdev
command and got.
Code:
lsdev
cd devices:
disk devices:
disk0: BIOS drive C:
disk0p1: EFI
disk0p2: Unknown
disk0p3: Unknown
pxe devices:
OK
My main question is now, how can I boot from the DVD to install FreeBSD. I know that VirtualBox is more simple - but I like to try the other way without to buy own hardware to play around with.
Thanks for any help or any ideas.