Hello Forum,
I have an Apple Xserve 1,1 which I am hoping to install FreeBSD 11.1R on, because the OS X on it is no longer supported by MacPorts, therefore I can no longer install any recent piece of software on it (no latest node.js, perl, php).
I created a FreeBSD installer memstick using the FreeBSD-11.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img but the boot selector (holding Alt during POST) on the Xserve does not recognize the volume. The same memstick does show up on the boot screen of my MacBook Air and boots fine too.
As far as I know, FreeBSD 11 supports EFI booting out of the box. I verified that the GPT volume types on the memstick are proper.
Also tried another memstick, using the FreeBSD-10.4-RELEASE-amd64-uefi-memstick.img just to make sure. Same result. The memstick does not show up on the boot selection screen.
All related posts I found date back to 2014 and 2015, I am certain a lot has improved in FreeBSD around EFI support.
I will burn a CD using FreeBSD 11.1R disc1 and see if that boots, but I am afraid if the memstick did not show up on the boot screen then my harddisk will not boot either, even if I manage to boot from the CD and manage to install FreeBSD on the hdd.
Any suggestion or pointer is more than welcome.
Please note: I have already studied https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/upgrading-macmini-7-4-to-9-1-mountroot-failure.37218/ and https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/upgrading-macmini-7-4-to-9-1-mountroot-failure.37218/ including the links mentioned there, and I will try to use what is mentioned there if I get past installing the base system on the Xserve's hdd.
I have an Apple Xserve 1,1 which I am hoping to install FreeBSD 11.1R on, because the OS X on it is no longer supported by MacPorts, therefore I can no longer install any recent piece of software on it (no latest node.js, perl, php).
I created a FreeBSD installer memstick using the FreeBSD-11.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img but the boot selector (holding Alt during POST) on the Xserve does not recognize the volume. The same memstick does show up on the boot screen of my MacBook Air and boots fine too.
As far as I know, FreeBSD 11 supports EFI booting out of the box. I verified that the GPT volume types on the memstick are proper.
Also tried another memstick, using the FreeBSD-10.4-RELEASE-amd64-uefi-memstick.img just to make sure. Same result. The memstick does not show up on the boot selection screen.
All related posts I found date back to 2014 and 2015, I am certain a lot has improved in FreeBSD around EFI support.
I will burn a CD using FreeBSD 11.1R disc1 and see if that boots, but I am afraid if the memstick did not show up on the boot screen then my harddisk will not boot either, even if I manage to boot from the CD and manage to install FreeBSD on the hdd.
Any suggestion or pointer is more than welcome.
Please note: I have already studied https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/upgrading-macmini-7-4-to-9-1-mountroot-failure.37218/ and https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/upgrading-macmini-7-4-to-9-1-mountroot-failure.37218/ including the links mentioned there, and I will try to use what is mentioned there if I get past installing the base system on the Xserve's hdd.