Installing *only* OpenBSD is pretty straightforward. I booted an OSX DVD, went straight into Disk Utility->Partition, created one big FAT32 partition as big as the disk, click Options, select Master Boot Record, Apply, wait til it's done.

Then boot the OpenBSD disk, use fdisk during the install process to delete the FAT32 partition, create an OpenBSD partition, then install as normal.

Yes, the WiFi [Broadcom BCM4322] is seen but not available, and the wsconsctl stuff will blank but not shut off the text-based display. I haven't even tried any graphics/multimedia stuff as my need is as a dual-boot OSX/OpenBSD mini-server.

I also noticed that even though I loaded the amd64 MP version, it's only seeing 2.8/2.9GB of the 4GB in the box:

OpenBSD 4.7 (GENERIC.MP) #124: Mon Mar  8 11:49:19 MST 2010
  [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
real mem = 2925703168 (2790MB)
avail mem = 2839826432 (2708MB)
RTC BIOS diagnostic error e7<clock_battery,ROM_cksum,config_unit,invalid_time>
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe0000 (42 entries)
bios0: vendor Apple Inc. version "MBP55.88Z.00AC.B03.0906151708" date 06/15/09
bios0: Apple Inc. MacBookPro5,5

--
Ron McDowell
San Antonio TX



Pau wrote:
Dear all,

is anybody running openbsd on the macbook pro 5,5?

I was given one of these at work and I cannot get used to macosx.

I have realised that X does not run with the nv driver, only with
vesa, which is fine but I was wondering whether somebody has tried a
recent snapshot on it.

I installed a snapshot but this was many weeks ago.

I am running now that "live" cd, bsdanywhere (based on openbsd 4.6)

Works: X with vesa, ethernet (nfe0), keyboard, speedstep (nice!!)

No tested/ Does not work: wireless, "special' keys (brightness,
backlight keyboard, volume), camera, touchpad partially (related to
the X driver)

I was also wondering whether it is possible to have openbsd on the
laptop as the only OS. I am guessing that the EFI could give trouble.

When I installed it I was using rEFIt to boot into openbsd/macosx

thanks,

Pau


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OpenBSD 4.6 (GENERIC.MP) #89: Thu Jul  9 21:32:39 MDT 2009
    [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP
RTC BIOS diagnostic error
f7<clock_battery,ROM_cksum,config_unit,memory_size,invalid_time>
cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8700 @ 2.53GHz ("GenuineIntel"
686-class) 2.53 GHz
cpu0: 
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR
real mem  = 2926321664 (2790MB)
avail mem = 2830348288 (2699MB)
RTC BIOS diagnostic error
f7<clock_battery,ROM_cksum,config_unit,memory_size,invalid_time>
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 07/29/05, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @
0xe0000 (42 entries)
bios0: vendor Apple Inc. version "MBP55.88Z.00AC.B03.0906151708" date 06/15/09
bios0: Apple Inc. MacBookPro5,5
acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP HPET APIC APIC MCFG ASF! SBST ECDT SSDT SSDT SSDT
acpi0: wakeup devices ADP1(S3) LID0(S3) EC__(S3) OHC1(S3) EHC1(S3)
OHC2(S3) EHC2(S3) GIGE(S5)
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 25000000 Hz
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: apic clock running at 265MHz
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor)
cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8700 @ 2.53GHz ("GenuineIntel"
686-class) 2.53 GHz
cpu1: 
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 24 pins
ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 1
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 2 (IXVE)
acpiec0 at acpi0
acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS
acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS
acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online
acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID0
acpibtn1 at acpi0: PWRB
acpibtn2 at acpi0: SLPB
acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "3545797981023400290" type
3545797981528607052 oem "3545797981528608836"
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xe800
cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 2521 MHz: speeds: 2527, 2394, 2128, 1862, 1596, 798 MHz
memory map conflict 0xffc00000/0x400000
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios)
mem address conflict 0xd3400000/0x80000
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP79 Host" rev 0xb1
"NVIDIA MCP79 Memory" rev 0xb1 at pci0 dev 0 function 1 not configured
pcib0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP79 ISA" rev 0xb3
"NVIDIA MCP79 Memory" rev 0xb1 at pci0 dev 3 function 1 not configured
nviic0 at pci0 dev 3 function 2 "NVIDIA MCP79 SMBus" rev 0xb1
iic0 at nviic0
spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-8500 SO-DIMM
spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-8500 SO-DIMM
iic1 at nviic0
iic1: addr 0x2c 00=ff 02=08 03=f9 07=60 0d=6e 71=06 86=45 90=70 91=71
92=a6 93=7b 94=23 95=3c 96=76 97=92 9f=0c a0=3d a1=3d a2=2d a3=3d
a4=3d a5=3d a6=3d a7=1d a8=3d a9=3d aa=3d ab=3d ac=3d ad=3d ae=3d
af=3d b0=3d b1=7d b2=3d b3=3d b4=3d b5=3d b6=bd b7=3d b8=3d b9=3d
ba=3d bb=3d bc=3d bd=3d be=3d bf=3d words 00=ff00 01=0008 02=08f9
03=f900 04=0000 05=0000 06=0060 07=6000
"NVIDIA MCP79 Memory" rev 0xb1 at pci0 dev 3 function 3 not configured
vendor "NVIDIA", unknown product 0x0a98 (class memory subclass RAM,
rev 0xb1) at pci0 dev 3 function 4 not configured
"NVIDIA MCP79 Co-processor" rev 0xb1 at pci0 dev 3 function 5 not configured
ohci0 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP79 USB" rev 0xb1: apic 1 int
11 (irq 11), version 1.0, legacy support
ehci0 at pci0 dev 4 function 1 "NVIDIA MCP79 USB" rev 0xb1: apic 1 int
10 (irq 10)
usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub0 at usb0 "NVIDIA EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
ohci1 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP79 USB" rev 0xb1: apic 1 int
7 (irq 7), version 1.0, legacy support
ehci1 at pci0 dev 6 function 1 "NVIDIA MCP79 USB" rev 0xb1: apic 1 int 5 (irq 5)
usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0
uhub1 at usb1 "NVIDIA EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
azalia0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP79 HD Audio" rev 0xb1:
apic 1 int 15 (irq 15)
azalia0: codecs: Cirrus Logic/0x4206
audio0 at azalia0
ppb0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP79 PCIE" rev 0xb1
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
nfe0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP79 LAN" rev 0xb1: apic 1 int
14 (irq 14), address d4:9a:20:f9:d5:a6
rgephy0 at nfe0 phy 1: RTL8169S/8110S PHY, rev. 2
pciide0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP79 SATA" rev 0xb1: DMA
pciide0: using apic 1 int 11 (irq 11) for native-PCI interrupt
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <APPLE SSD TS256A>
wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 239372MB, 490234752 sectors
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <HL-DT-ST, DVDRW GS23N, SB03> ATAPI
5/cdrom removable
cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
ppb1 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP79 PCIE" rev 0xb1
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
vga1 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 vendor "NVIDIA", unknown product 0x0863 rev 0xb1
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
ppb2 at pci0 dev 21 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP79 PCIE" rev 0xb1: apic 1
int 10 (irq 255)
pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
"Broadcom BCM4322" rev 0x01 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 not configured
ppb3 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP79 PCIE" rev 0xb1: apic 1
int 7 (irq 255)
pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
vendor "AT&T/Lucent", unknown product 0x5901 (class serial bus
subclass Firewire, rev 0x07) at pci4 dev 0 function 0 not configured
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
usb2 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub2 at usb2 "NVIDIA OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb3 at ohci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub3 at usb3 "NVIDIA OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
uvideo0 at uhub0 port 4 configuration 1 interface 0 "Apple Inc.
Built-in iSight" rev 2.00/4.19 addr 2
video0 at uvideo0
umass0 at uhub1 port 5 configuration 1 interface 0 "Apple Card Reader"
rev 2.00/98.33 addr 2
umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0
sd0 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <APPLE, SD Card Reader, 1.00> SCSI0
0/direct removable
sd0: drive offline
uhub4 at uhub3 port 1 "Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 2
uhidev0 at uhub2 port 5 configuration 1 interface 0 "Apple Computer,
Inc. IR Receiver" rev 2.00/0.16 addr 2
uhidev0: iclass 3/0, 38 report ids
uhid0 at uhidev0 reportid 36: input=4, output=0, feature=0
uhid1 at uhidev0 reportid 37: input=4, output=0, feature=0
uhid2 at uhidev0 reportid 38: input=4, output=0, feature=0
ubt0 at uhub4 port 1 "Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller" rev
2.00/1.80 addr 3
uhidev1 at uhub2 port 6 configuration 1 interface 0 "Apple Inc. Apple
Internal Keyboard / Trackpad" rev 2.00/0.81 addr 3
uhidev1: iclass 3/1, 9 report ids
ukbd0 at uhidev1 reportid 1: 8 modifier keys, 6 key codes, country code 33
wskbd0 at ukbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
uhid3 at uhidev1 reportid 9: input=0, output=0, feature=3
uhidev2 at uhub2 port 6 configuration 1 interface 1 "Apple Inc. Apple
Internal Keyboard / Trackpad" rev 2.00/0.81 addr 3
uhidev2: iclass 3/0, 68 report ids
uhid4 at uhidev2 reportid 68: input=511, output=0, feature=0
uhidev3 at uhub2 port 6 configuration 1 interface 2 "Apple Inc. Apple
Internal Keyboard / Trackpad" rev 2.00/0.81 addr 3
uhidev3: iclass 3/1, 2 report ids
ums0 at uhidev3 reportid 2: 3 buttons
wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0
uhidev4 at uhub3 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "vendor 0x1bcf USB
Optical Mouse" rev 2.00/0.10 addr 4
uhidev4: iclass 3/1, 2 report ids
ums1 at uhidev4 reportid 1: 3 buttons, Z dir
wsmouse1 at ums1 mux 0
uhid5 at uhidev4 reportid 2: input=1, output=0, feature=0
softraid0 at root
root on cd0a swap on cd0b dump on cd0b
WARNING: preposterous time in file system
WARNING: file system time much less than clock time

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