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Old 11th June 2008
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Multi-boot system with Mac
I would know as is simple to use linux systems and bsd (and perhaps also solaris) on a system mac.

Who has a mac, could you tell me how does the live openbsd and maybe even some Linux distros?
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http://refit.sourceforge.net/

You'll want to use the rEFIt boot manager. It makes things easier, even thought it's possible to just use the standard firmware loader to boot other operating systems. I have not tried the latter. If you do want to use the firmware loader, then you'll want to use eLilo or GRUB 2 (unstable) as your bootloader because they support booting on EFI. Installation and compatibility will vary based on distribution. I'm not sure if you can even run OpenBSD on current Macs; I'm not sure of hardware support. I know that FreeBSD is still flaky on Macs.
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Te problems arise only on level of wi-fi or even in other sectors?
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Wi-Fi should not be a problem on Linux. I know that FreeBSD has an ongoing project to support MacBook hardware. You may want to check on the wiki page what hardware is supported.
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