In the FreeBSD installer, make your own choices until you reach the disk setup.Choose that icon to boot into the FreeBSD installer.

Insert the FreeBSD installation CD/DVD in the internal CD/DVD drive and turn on the Mac Mini while holding down the ALT/Option key until a Windows CD Icon appears. This is not a dual-boot OS X/FreeBSD installation These instructions will erase your computer's internal hard disk. The Boot Camp documentation for the Mac Mini 2,1 says you can load a 32 bit Vista system, but not a 64 bit version.NOTE: the later 11.3-RELEASE i386 CD-ROM will not boot. The FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE i386 (and stable snapshot) images do not boot - install from the 11.2-RELEASE i386 CD-ROM and source upgrade to 12.0-RELEASE.This Mac mini will detect an OS X installation disc in an external CD/DVD/ drive.This Mac mini will not detect FreeBSD installation discs in an external CD/DVD drive.You cannot eject the FreeBSD disc from within the FreeBSD installer as it is in use and, after a reboot, the FreeBSD installation on the internal hard disk will not be found.

An OS X install disc (preferably the one that came with the machine or it might not boot).īootROM version 00 and SMC version 1.19f2 (two cases confirmed of successful installation of 11.2-RELEASE i386).īootROM version 00 and SMC version 1.19f0 (one case confirmed of failure to detect 11.2-RELEASE i386 CD-ROM disc).

Installing FreeBSD as the only operating system asmc kernel module patches for 5,1, 5,3 and 7,1 models drm2.ko module issue with drm-legacy-kmod-g20190213 FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE fails to boot with lua loader issue macmini2,1 fails to boot with lua loader error macmini2,1 and macmini3,1 FireWire not working ** Source upgrade from 11.2-STABLE i386 11.2-RELEASE i386 installable from CD-ROM.

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