Haiku OS ARM port boots on Apple M1 Macs (bare metal, no VM)
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speckx
13d ago· 1 min readenNews
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Summary
Haiku OS, an open-source BeOS-inspired operating system, has been successfully booted on Apple M1 Macs running on bare metal (no VM). The ARM port uses m1n1 and u-boot to handle Apple-specific boot processes, allowing UEFI images to boot from USB. While USB support is currently broken, all 8 CPU cores are functional and the system boots to a desktop. This marks an early but significant milestone for both the Haiku ARM port and M1 Mac compatibility.
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This is bare metal, no VM.
m1n1+u-boot deal with the Apple-specific parts of booting, so we can boot UEFI images from USB like any PC.
USB is apparently broken, but all 8 cores are functional, and it boots to a desktop.
It's still early days, for the ARM port in general and the M1 Mac port specifically, but it's a great start.
Big news from the Haiku forums: the Haiku ARM port is running on M1 Macs now.
