amd64/151385: Installation hangs on MacBook

Rene rene.stesl at gmail.com
Mon Oct 11 08:20:01 UTC 2010


>Number:         151385
>Category:       amd64
>Synopsis:       Installation hangs on MacBook
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-amd64
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Oct 11 08:20:01 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Rene
>Release:        8.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
I have tried to install FreeBSD 8.1 Release for amd64 on my 13.3" Unibody MacBook with Core2Duo.
When I boot the install CD, it starts printing hardware information and appears to freeze at:
acpi0: <APPLE Apple00> on motherboard
>How-To-Repeat:
Boot the Installation CD (ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/8.1/FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso) on an 13.3" Aluminum MacBook (newer models are now named MacBook Pro). My MacBook is has a nVidia GPU and an Intel Core2Duo Processor with 2Ghz.
>Fix:
It seems like other Users already had the same Problem:
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=12289

The MacBook Wiki (http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook) provides a solution:
If your system stops early at boot, try reverting r189055: http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?v...evision=189055

But how can someone revert this revision if he has no PC running FreeBSD?
And i don't know if this is the final solution.

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