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FreeBSD on Intel Mac Mini

The last computer I bought for myself was a 1GHz Celeron, so I decided on the weekend that it was time for a new one. I went out shopping and returned home with a 1.83GHz dual core Intel Mac Mini. I had a G4 Mini through Uni at one stage, and this one mostly feels the same.

I ran FreeSBIE LVC on it last night (install Boot Camp, restart, hold down Option, choose ‘Windows̵ ;) without any fuss. Ten minutes of intensive ;-) testing indicated that the important stuff works fine. It is equipped with an Atheros wireless card which will be useful if I run FreeBSD on it more often. I haven’t tried installing to the hard disk yet, too chicken :-)

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2 Responses to “FreeBSD on Intel Mac Mini”

  1. Matteo Says:
    October 25th, 2006 at 2:00 pm

    I’m happy to hear that you used LVC to try your new machine. I hope you’ll enjoy it. If there is anything you’d like to suggest, feel free to drop me a mail. =).
    Have fun.

  2. Dan Frohlich Says:
    December 7th, 2006 at 5:45 am

    I am looking into setting up a mini as a network gateway. I would greatly appreciate any insights you have regarding getting freeBSD up and running on one of these.

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