BTW. I'm using the amd64 disc1 iso image

== UPDATE == I'm still interested in trying to get this to work, does anyone have any idea what the problem could be?

== Further Boot Info ==

== EDIT ==

I've now tried the i386 version of FreeBSD 8.1 too

I've tried using both the amd64 disc1 iso image and the i386 disc1 image for FreeBSD 8.1

Further Boot Info

Update

Having tried both the amd64 and the i386 versions of FreeBSD 8.1, I've tried using the i386 version of FreeBSD 8.2.

It acts exactly the same as previous attempts, except that instead of freezing at the FreeBSD Boot Loader Screen (linked above), it prints some information to the screen as follows (below the boot loader screen, as it doesn't clear it first):

Copyright (c) 1992-2011 The FreeBSD Project Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE#0: Fri Feb 18 02:24:46 UTC 2011 [email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/GENERIC i386 Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Intel(R) Core(™)2 Duo CPU P7350 @ 2.00GHz (1990.43-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x1067a Family = 6 Model = 17 Stepping = 10 Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,™,PBE> Features2=0x408e3bd<SSE3,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,XSAVE> AMD Features=0x20100000<NX,LM> AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF> TSC: P-state invariant real memory = 2147483648 (2048 MB) avail memory = 1789763584 (1706 MB) ACPI APIC Table: <APPLE Apple00> AP #1 (PHY# 1) failed! panic y/n? [y] 

Then it freezes, I cannot even enter y/n.

Again, thanks for any help.

I've been trying to dual-boot FreeBSD 8.1 with Mac OS X on my MacBook (5,1), but am having trouble trying to get the live cd to boot.

I reach the FreeBSD Boot Loader Screen with the options for boot, boot without ACPI etc.

However, I cannot select an option. I have tried with both the built in keyboard and a USB keyboard, but I do not think that that is the problem...

Previously I have tried dual booting Ubuntu, but had problems with the live CD also. During the boot process, the boot seemed to freeze, and the CD stopped spinning. I think it might be a similiar problem here. Soon after arriving at this screen, the CD stops spinning.

Thanks for any advice!

BTW. I'm using the amd64 disc1 iso image

== UPDATE == I'm still interested in trying to get this to work, does anyone have any idea what the problem could be?

== Further Boot Info ==

When booting, Mac's EFI allows me to choose to boot from the CD. The screen goes black, then the following appears:

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 1.0.2 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 BIOS drive C: is disk0 BIOS 639kB/1047552kB available memory Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8d5503 data=0x129bf8+039f8 syms=[0x8 + 0xddbf8 + 0x8 + 0xca37e] 

It then continues to the FreeBSD Boot Loader Screen, and freezes

== EDIT ==

I've now tried the i386 version of FreeBSD 8.1 too

I've been trying to dual-boot FreeBSD 8.1 with Mac OS X on my MacBook (5,2), but am having trouble trying to get the live cd to boot.

I reach the FreeBSD Boot Loader Screen with the options for boot, boot without ACPI etc.

However, I cannot select an option. I have tried with both the built in keyboard and a USB keyboard, but I do not think that that is the problem...

Previously I have tried dual booting Ubuntu, but had problems with the live CD also. During the boot process, the boot seemed to freeze, and the CD stopped spinning. I think it might be a similiar problem here. Soon after arriving at this screen, the CD stops spinning.

Thanks for any advice!

BTW. I'm using the amd64 disc1 iso image

== UPDATE == I'm still interested in trying to get this to work, does anyone have any idea what the problem could be?

== Further Boot Info ==

When booting, Mac's EFI allows me to choose to boot from the CD. The screen goes black, then the following appears:

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 1.0.2 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 BIOS drive C: is disk0 BIOS 639kB/1047552kB available memory Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8d5503 data=0x129bf8+039f8 syms=[0x8 + 0xddbf8 + 0x8 + 0xca37e] 

It then continues to the FreeBSD Boot Loader Screen, and freezes

== EDIT ==

I've now tried the i386 version of FreeBSD 8.1 too

I've been trying to dual-boot FreeBSD 8.1 with Mac OS X on my MacBook (5,1), but am having trouble trying to get the live cd to boot.

I reach the FreeBSD Boot Loader Screen with the options for boot, boot without ACPI etc.

However, I cannot select an option. I have tried with both the built in keyboard and a USB keyboard, but I do not think that that is the problem...

Previously I have tried dual booting Ubuntu, but had problems with the live CD also. During the boot process, the boot seemed to freeze, and the CD stopped spinning. I think it might be a similiar problem here. Soon after arriving at this screen, the CD stops spinning.

Thanks for any advice!

BTW. I'm using the amd64 disc1 iso image

== UPDATE == I'm still interested in trying to get this to work, does anyone have any idea what the problem could be?

== Further Boot Info ==

When booting, Mac's EFI allows me to choose to boot from the CD. The screen goes black, then the following appears:

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 1.0.2 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 BIOS drive C: is disk0 BIOS 639kB/1047552kB available memory Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8d5503 data=0x129bf8+039f8 syms=[0x8 + 0xddbf8 + 0x8 + 0xca37e] 

It then continues to the FreeBSD Boot Loader Screen, and freezes

I've been trying to dual-boot FreeBSD 8.1 with Mac OS X on my MacBook (5,1), but am having trouble trying to get the live cd to boot.

I reach the FreeBSD Boot Loader Screen with the options for boot, boot without ACPI etc.

However, I cannot select an option. I have tried with both the built in keyboard and a USB keyboard, but I do not think that that is the problem...

Previously I have tried dual booting Ubuntu, but had problems with the live CD also. During the boot process, the boot seemed to freeze, and the CD stopped spinning. I think it might be a similiar problem here. Soon after arriving at this screen, the CD stops spinning.

Thanks for any advice!

BTW. I'm using the amd64 disc1 iso image

== UPDATE == I'm still interested in trying to get this to work, does anyone have any idea what the problem could be?

== Further Boot Info ==

When booting, Mac's EFI allows me to choose to boot from the CD. The screen goes black, then the following appears:

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 1.0.2 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 BIOS drive C: is disk0 BIOS 639kB/1047552kB available memory Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8d5503 data=0x129bf8+039f8 syms=[0x8 + 0xddbf8 + 0x8 + 0xca37e] 

It then continues to the FreeBSD Boot Loader Screen, and freezes

== EDIT ==

I've now tried the i386 version of FreeBSD 8.1 too